William Laird Cowher is a former American football linebacker, coach, and sports analyst. He served as a head coach in the National Football League for 15 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Under Cowher, Pittsburgh won eight division titles, two American Football Conference championship games, and one Super Bowl in Super Bowl XL. In 1995, at age 38, Cowher became the youngest coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl.
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William Laird Cowher is a former American football linebacker, coach, and sports analyst. He served as a head coach in the National Football League for 15 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Under Cowher, Pittsburgh won eight division titles, two American Football Conference championship games, and one Super Bowl in Super Bowl XL. He is one of only six coaches in NFL history to claim at least seven division titles. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020. After retiring, he joined The NFL Today as a studio analyst. Cowher began his coaching career in 1985 at age 28 under Marty Schottenheimer with the Cleveland Browns. His tenure in Philadelphia included tackling a young Jeff Fisher when playing against the Chicago Bears, causing Fisher to break his leg. In 1995, at age 38, Cowher became the youngest coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl. He resigned as head coach of the Steelers on January 5, 2007, after 15 years of being the team’s head coach.
He currently works as an NFL Today studio analyst for the NFL Network. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Sports Illustrated and The New York Times. He played linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns, and North Carolina State University. He also served as the defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1989 to 1991. He won the Super Bowl with the Steelers in 2006, the first championship title for the franchise in over two decades and the first not to be won by Chuck Noll, his predecessor. In Cowher’s 15 seasons, the Steelers captured eight divisions titles, earned 10 postseason playoff berths, and made 21 AFC Championship games and two Super Bowl appearances. He had a record of 108–1 in games in which they built a lead of at least 11 points.
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