Bill Cowher

Bill Cowher is the former head coach of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and current football analyst on the CBS show, The NFL Today. Cowher was originally hired by the Steelers in 1992 and led the team to an 11-5 record in his first season. Cowher would lead the Steelers to two Super Bowl games in his career, winning Super Bowl XL in 2005.http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CowhBi0.htm

After the 2006 season, Cowher left the Steelers after 15 season as the head coach. He would go to work for CBS on The NFL Today.http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07047/762633-66.stm Though rumors have come and gone about Cowher going back to coaching, Cowher has not gone back since beginning to work on television.

He got his start as the special teams coordinator for the Cleveland Browns in the mid-1980s. He then went one to coach for the Kansas City Chiefs and finally getting his first and only head coaching job with the Steelers in 1992, the same year he won AP's coach of the year. In 15 years as the head coach with the Steelers, he led the team to the playoffs nine times, won two AFC championships and one Super Bowl championship. He also won 161 total games in 15 seasons. Bill Cowher retired as head football coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers after the 2006 season.

In October and November of 2008, rumors swirled that Cowher was in talks with the Cleveland Browns regarding a head coaching position.http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/sports/18032778/detail.html However, after Browns coach Romeo Crennel was fired on December 29, 2008, Cowher reportedly declined an offer to coach the team, stating that he was "comfortable with his lifestyle in North Carolina."http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2008/12/cowher_tells_browns_hes_not_in.html

Despite initial reports on December 30, 2008, that the New York Jets would do "whatever is necessary" to hire Cowher, on December 31, 2008, Cowher reportedly declined an offer to coach the Jets.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3799959