Bill Cowher
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Bill Cowher
William Laird Cowheris a former professional American football coach and player in the National Football League. In Cowher's 15 seasons as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team won eight division titles and made 10 playoff appearances. Cowher led the Steelers to the Super Bowl twice, winning one. He is the second coach in NFL history to reach the playoffs in each of his first six seasons as head coach, a feat previously accomplished by Paul Brown. Cowher resigned...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth8 May 1957
CityCrafton, PA
bowl super win
We're going to the Super Bowl to win it, not to just be there.
definitive players
We're going to have a lot of flexibility with some of the things we're doing, and the players have been very receptive. It's more definitive than things we've done in the past. The onus is being put back on the players to execute, and I think they like that.
age mature
We have a young quarterback who didn't play young today. . . . He's much more mature than his age would indicate.
effect extra football game involved playing speed weather
The extra day won't have any effect on it. We're going to have to weather the flurry that will be involved with the emotions, the speed of the game and playing a high-quality football team.
There are some things, demands, game-day stuff, that you share.
best football playing time
We're playing our best football at the right time of the year.
almost heard
We heard 'em. You almost feel like you're at home.
create football growing trying
We're still growing as a football team. We're still evolving, we're still trying to create that chemistry.
assistant chapel coach fox gotta head kids next six wife
Gotta get the kids back to Fox Chapel by 1 o'clock. I was a head coach yesterday. I'm back to assistant coach for the next six months. My wife will tell me where to go, what to do, who to take.
field goal gotta hold kid liked nice seen
I would have liked to have seen us hold them to a field goal down there, but I gotta give the kid credit, ... Who was it, Cooley? He made a nice play on that.
four kids lose mature maturing players short sight takes three watched
These kids are still maturing as people. I've watched players we've had mature tremendously in a short time, and then sometimes it takes players three or four years. These are still young men. You can't ever lose sight of that.
disruptive emotional feed great job leadership
He can be a very disruptive player. Joey's an emotional guy. Certainly, we feed off of that. He does a great job in the leadership role.
surface work
It may have been more that we're working out on a different surface than what we usually work on in Pittsburgh.
plays running unfold
You don't see us running a lot of different plays with Willie. They're the same plays, they just may unfold differently.