Posted on 01/04/2007 11:35:31 PM PST by mcg2000
Bill Cowher, who led the Steelers to 10 playoff appearances, eight division titles and the fifth Super Bowl title in franchise history, will announce his resignation today after 15 seasons as head coach, sources have told the Post-Gazette.
Cowher and his wife, Kaye, are scheduled to fly to Pittsburgh this morning to attend a 1 p.m. news conference at the team's South Side facility and announce the decision that has been expected for several weeks, if not longer -- that he will resign, at age 49, to spend more time with his family.
"You'll be hearing from me soon enough," Cowher said last night from his home in Raleigh, N.C., where he has spent the past three days. He declined any further comment.
Cowher had planned to return to town and make the announcement Monday. But he called team chairman Dan Rooney -- the man who hired him to replace Chuck Noll in 1992 -- yesterday afternoon to tell him he wasn't going to change his mind and there was no point in delaying the announcement any longer.
Cowher has one year remaining on a contract that paid him between $4.5 million and $4.7 million this season. He said last week he still loves to coach and is not "burned out" from being the longest tenured head coach in the National Football League. He wants to take at least a one-year break from coaching and is not thinking about joining any other team in 2007, whether in the NFL or college football, sources said.
Those same sources also have said Cowher's decision to retire has nothing to do with money and that he is committed to spending the next year with his wife, Kaye, and youngest daughter, Lindsay, in Raleigh.
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That's why we Patriots fans love ol' Bill!
My understanding is that Cowher wants big bucks when he returns to coaching, and the Steelers simply aren't going to pay that kind of money.
That's right and I can't blame either side, they are doing what they need to do.
I wish Bill well, but I'm afraid he'll find out he left the best job in the world.
I agree with you. Time to put Kitna on my Fantasy Football late round draft list.
Looks like a special oylmpics poster.
Good, then we Steeler fans won't have to worry about him hoisting the Lombardi trophy for another franchise.
If anyone knows what I'm talking about, its Pats fans. He is simply incapable of winning a postseason game against Belichek - outcoached every time.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting.
Thee was a time I would have said "no way", Gregg Williams has got that job when it opens up.
But, after the dismal defensive performance this year your prediction has more credibility.
Of course, the offense was also abysmal but they may have made inroads there. The defense is still in shambles.
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