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)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 5 (8958th overall since 1950)

Coaching Record

• 5/19 Steel Curtain Rising: Watch Tower: Analyzing Press Coverage of the Steelers 2013 Draft: The 2013 NFL Draft is in the history books. The Pittsburgh Steelers 2013 Draft Class has been revealed, and Shamarko Thomas is...
• 5/13 Steel Curtain Rising: Vote to Support Chuck Noll in ESPN Poll: Once again it is time for Steelers Nation to Rally the Troops. And once again, we’re calling on all of the Black and Gold faithful...
• 5/7 Steel Curtain Rising: Joe Greene Retires as Steelers Scout with One for Each Thumb: Six Super Bowl rings will apparently have to be enough for Pittsburgh Steelers Legend “Mean” Joe Greene who yesterday announced...

• 4/26 Steel Curtain Rising: Video Analysis of Steelers Pick Jarvis Jones: In the event that your Steelers Nation citizens card lapsed or you were simply under a rock, the Pittsburgh Steelers began the...

• 3/16 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of March 16, 2003: Kordell Stewart, Brian Griese and Jake Plummer are the latest examples of wildly fluctuating QB stock. The discomfort between...
• 3/16 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Resign... Matt Spaeth?: The Pittsburgh Steelers attitude towards departing free agents during the Tom Donahoe era was “Don’t let the door hit you...
• 3/10 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Likely to Part Ways with Byron Leftwich: Mike Tomlin likes Byron Leftwich. It is easy to see why. Sure, Leftwich is immobile and has an irregular release.But he’s got...

• 2/20 Steel Curtain Rising: Free Agent Focus: Steelers on Firm Footeing with Larry...: When injuries prevented Kendrell Bell’s from starting the Steelers 2002 season, Steelers Nation expected Bill Cowher...
• 2/8 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Wide Receivers Coach Scotty Montgomery Heads to Duke: Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting, as are numerous other sources, that Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers...

• 1/28 FootballPerspective.com: The Schottenheimer Index: Last week, Neil brought us the latest iteration of the Manning Index, showing which quarterbacks have overachieved in the playoffs...
• 1/23 FootballPerspective.com: Open thread: Will John Harbaugh’s success influence future head coach hires?: When you think about the Ravens under John Harbaugh — or just about any time in their existence — you think of a defensive...
• 1/19 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Nation Rooting Guide to the AFC and NFC Championships: 2013 has not started off well for Black and Gold. The 2012 Steelers never even made it to the playoffs and before they could even...
• 1/16 FootballPerspective.com: Previewing the NFC Championship Game: San Francisco at Atlanta: A couple of interesting notes, courtesy of Mike Sando on ESPN.com. The first is a good bit of trivia: Jim Harbaugh joins George...
• 1/10 Steel Curtain Rising: Plaxico Burress Return Takes Kevin Colbert Full Circle: Admittedly you can’t see a lot in that video.And perhaps that’s **** as its significance has largely been overlooked by Steelers...
• 1/8 The High Phive: Examining The Eagles Coaching Landscape Going Forward: It’s been a week since Andy Reid was relieved of his duties as Eagles head coach and the rumors about who will replace the...
• 1/1 NFL Jerks: Black Monday: Fired NFL Coaches and GMs: Black Monday has come and gone, and there were an amazing seven head coaches who were booted away from their teams, opening the...

• 12/9 Steel Curtain Rising: Chargers Shock Steelers 34-24: The Pittsburgh Steelers entered NFL week 14 riding high. The Steelers weren’t “supposed” to beat Ravens, and that victory...
• 12/2 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 2, 2002: Playing the second half with a broken nose, Pittsburgh’s Jerome Bettis gained 86 yards on 20 carries to reach 11,459 yards...
• 12/1 The High Phive: The 3 Best Head Coach Options for the Eagles: We all know that the Andy Reid era will be ending. Whether it’s in 5 games from now, or sooner, Reid’s reign will...

• 11/30 Steel Curtain Rising: Tomlin Shuffles Steelers Depth Chart, Voluntary and Involuntary...: In dropping games to Baltimore and Cleveland the Pittsburgh Steelers have repeated something they’ve rarely done since Mike...
• 11/15 FootballPerspective.com: Chip Kelly is as likely to be the next great coach as anyone else: I’m a big fan of Mike Tanier, an excellent writer formerly of Football Outsiders and now with Sports on Earth. Yesterday,...

• 10/19 FootballPerspective.com: Want to get fired? Spend a first round pick on a quarterback: In yesterday’s post, I argued that teams were overly hesitant to move on from bad investments. There’s a reason for...
• 10/4 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 4, 2002: The NFL did the Tennessee Titans no favors with the schedule. For the second consecutive week, the Titans are playing a team...
• 10/3 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 3, 2002: Many N.F.L. quarterbacks would feel uncomfortable going a few weeks without starting. Tommy Maddox is about to learn what it...

• 9/26 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 3: This week’s Fifth Down post looks at the surprising 3-0 Cardinals. Did you know that Arizona has been an underdog in each...

• 7/16 FootballPerspective.com: Random Perspective On: The 2012 Jacksonville Jaguars: I don’t know why, but coach of the year is one of those awards that kind of fascinates me. That’s probably because...

• 10/22 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game Day 7 - @ Arizona Cardinals: After getting back on the right track against the hapless Jaguars the Steelers turn its attention to the Arizona Cardinals and...

• 1/13 18to88.com: Gruden and Cowher would be Lousy Choices in Indy: The newest media rage is to ask whether Bill Cowher or John Gruden should be the Colts' next head coach.  I believe both...

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