Bill Cowher
William Laird Cowher
Position: LB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: May 8, 1957 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: North Carolina St. (school history)
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Coaching Results
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | T | G plyf | W plyf | L plyf | Rank | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 35 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 36 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 37 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 38 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | AFC Champions |
| 1996 | 39 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 40 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 41 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3 | |||||
| 1999 | 42 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 4 | |||||
| 2000 | 43 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3 | |||||
| 2001 | 44 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 45 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .667 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 46 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 3 | |||||
| 2004 | 47 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 48 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | Super Bowl Champions |
| 2006 | 49 | Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2 | |||||
| 18 yrs | 240 | 149 | 90 | 1 | .623 | 21 | 12 | 9 | .571 | 1.8 | Avg Finish | |||
| 15 yrs | PIT | 240 | 149 | 90 | 1 | .623 | 21 | 12 | 9 | .571 | 1.7 | |||
| 3 yrs | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Games over .500: 59
Super Bowl Wins: 1
Overall Championships: 1
Conference Championships: 2
Division Championships: 9
Team's Ranks
Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.
| Overall | Offense | Rushing Off | Passing Off | Defense | Rushing Def | Passing Def | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Tm | Tms | WL% | T/G | Pts± | Yds± | Yds | Pts | GvA | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | FL | Att | Yds | TD | Int | NY/A | Yds | Pts | TkA | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | FR | Att | Yds | TD | Int | nY/A |
| 1989 | KAN | 28 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 2 |
| 1990 | KAN | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 1991 | KAN | 28 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 22 |
| 1992 | PIT | 28 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 1993 | PIT | 28 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 1994 | PIT | 28 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 1995 | PIT | 30 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 9 |
| 1996 | PIT | 30 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1997 | PIT | 30 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 12 |
| 1998 | PIT | 30 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 24 |
| 1999 | PIT | 31 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 14 |
| 2000 | PIT | 31 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 9 |
| 2001 | PIT | 31 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3 |
| 2002 | PIT | 32 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | PIT | 32 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
| 2004 | PIT | 32 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 2005 | PIT | 32 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 3 |
| 2006 | PIT | 32 | 13 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
| 18 yrs | %tile | 74 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 64 | 61 | 63 | 89 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 62 | 32 | 39 | 44 | 61 | 61 | 81 | 79 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 82 | 70 | 74 | 56 | 67 | 74 | 63 | 69 | |
| 15 yrs | PIT | 75 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 62 | 60 | 60 | 89 | 81 | 76 | 63 | 62 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 59 | 57 | 84 | 79 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 70 | 55 | 68 | 74 | 67 | 71 | |
| 3 yrs | KAN | 69 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 64 | 74 | 93 | 83 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 26 | 50 | 52 | 70 | 80 | 67 | 80 | 65 | 76 | 54 | 80 | 30 | 89 | 64 | 62 | 77 | 44 | 61 | |
Full Coaching History
| Year | Age | Level | Employer | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 28 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | Special Teams |
| 1986 | 29 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | Special Teams |
| 1987 | 30 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | Secondary |
| 1988 | 31 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | Secondary |
| 1989 | 32 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | Defensive Coordinator |
| 1990 | 33 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | Defensive Coordinator |
| 1991 | 34 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | Defensive Coordinator |
| 1992 | 35 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 1993 | 36 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 1994 | 37 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 1995 | 38 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 1996 | 39 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 1997 | 40 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 1998 | 41 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 1999 | 42 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 2000 | 43 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 2001 | 44 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 2002 | 45 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 2003 | 46 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 2004 | 47 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 2005 | 48 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
| 2006 | 49 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | Head Coach |
Worked For
NFL head coaches this coach worked under in his career.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Marty Schottenheimer | Special Teams, Defensive Coordinator, Secondary |
Employed
NFL head coaches who worked under this coach.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dom Capers | Defensive Coordinator |
| Ron Erhardt | Offensive Coordinator |
| Chan Gailey | Wide Receivers, Offensive Coordinator |
| Kevin Gilbride | Offensive Coordinator |
| Jim Haslett | Defensive Coordinator |
| Dick LeBeau | Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs |
| Marvin Lewis | Linebackers |
| Mike Mularkey | Tight Ends, Offensive Coordinator |
| Ken Whisenhunt | Offensive Coordinator, Tight Ends |
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