On Saturday night, former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher got a huge surprise on live television when Pro Football Hall of Fame president David Baker showed up on set to let Cowher know he was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the 2020 centennial class. It was an awesome and emotional moment that Cowher said he had come to terms with the notion of it not happening.
Sunday the CBS crew talked to Cowher once again about his HOF honor and Cowher expanded on how he had reconciled the idea of not making the Hall. He even spoke to his wife about it on Saturday morning, just hours before getting the good news.
Cowher spent 15 seasons as the head coach of the Steelers after working mostly as a defensive assistant prior. He brought the 3-4 defense to the forefront with the Steelers and led the team to a 149-90-1 record. Cowher was also the Steelers head coach when they won Super Bowl XL and it was a team he built that won Super Bowl XLIII after he retired.
