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Bill Cower resigns
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http://news.steelers.com/article/73423/

PITTSBURGH — Bill Cowher announced today that he is stepping down as Steelers head coach after 15 years at his position. Cowher was the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL and only the team's second head coach since 1969.

Cowher, the 15th head coach in team history, replaced legendary Steelers Head Coach Chuck Noll on Jan. 21, 1992, at the age of 34. In 1995, at age 38, he became the youngest head coach to lead his team to the Super Bowl when the Steelers played the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX. He ultimately led the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl title in 2005, with a 21-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL.

"We would like to thank Bill Cowher for his tremendous contributions to the Steelers organization and for leading us to our fifth Super Bowl title," said Steelers President Art Rooney II. "Bill will always be a valued part of Steelers history and tradition, and we wish him the very best with all future endeavors."

Cowher led the Steelers to postseason appearances in each of his first six seasons, tying an NFL record originally set by Cleveland Browns legendary head coach Paul Brown. In 15 seasons under Cowher, the Steelers made 10 postseason appearances, won eight division titles, played in six AFC Championship games and two Super Bowls, winning one NFL title.

"History will look back on Bill Cowher as one of the great head coaches of his time," said Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney. "He led us through one of the most successful eras in franchise history and has my lasting respect and admiration."

Cowher ended his Steelers career with an overall record of 161-99-1 (.619) including a 149-90-1 (.623) mark in the regular season. His record with the team ranks second only to Noll's overall (209-156-1/.572) and regular season (193-148-1/.566) records. Cowher's .623 regular season and .619 overall winning percentages are the highest in Steelers history.

During Cowher's tenure as Steelers head coach, 105 head coaches were hired throughout the NFL. In 15 seasons under Cowher, the Steelers tied (New England) for the league's most division titles and posted the NFL's best overall record in the regular season. Cowher also posted winning records against 20 of 31 NFL teams.

The Chin has left the building.

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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: despisedicon]
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I like Bill Cowher, even though I'm no fan of the Steelers.

Glad he got a Championship b4 he left.


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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: Madtowntripper]
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I'm a big fan of the Steelers and Bill was a great coach. He had some bad years with the team in the 1990's and I'm also glad he got a ring before departing.

Now, will he make it into the HOF? I donno.

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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: despisedicon]
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fuck no.. cowher doesnt deserve the hall of fame..

and im sure hes not done coaching... he will probably be back to coach 1 year from now.


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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: Banez]
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Yeah, I don't think he make the HoF unless he comes back to coach.

Look at Madden - he was a great coach, but only coached for 10 years, so he didn't get in until last year, mostly because of his years as an announcer and for creating the most popular football game of all time.

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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: belligerent]
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dont forget, althou he won it all last year.. they really shouldnt have a) the barely made the playoffs.. and b)that seattle game was BS and thats coming from a nuetral fan... if anything i favor pittsburgh

the season before that, they sycked and there was talk of firing him.. and lets not forget the kordell stewart days.


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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: Banez]
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I agree that they got lucky last year, but people won't remember it that way when it's time to vote for him.

And I do remember the Kordell Stewart days, but didn't Cowher get into a championship game with him? And again with Big Ben when nobody expected them to?

One of the NFL Radio guys made the argument that Cowher got some mediocre teams to do a lot better than they should have. Maybe they didn't go all the way, but the Steelers haven't spent much on getting him good players.

I do agree with you, though - Cowher isn't going into the Hall of Fame unless he comes back and wins some more.

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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: belligerent]
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it was their all-star defense that collected the main part of the payroll.


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Re: Bill Cower resigns [Re: Banez]
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Cower aint no Landry
I say no HOF with Cower
To many better and proven coaches have come and gone


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