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http://www.newsday.com/sports/footb...working-at-cbs-instead-of-coaching-1.10778072
Bill Cowher happy traveling and working at CBS instead of coaching
By BOB GLAUBER bob.glauber@newsday.com
Photo Credit: AP / Bob Leverone
Despite being out of the coaching business the last nine years, Bill Cowher has received multiple offers to join other teams as a head coach. But the combination of his role as a CBS analyst for "The NFL Today" and his lifestyle make it less likely he'd come back to the sidelines any time soon.
If ever.
"I've been blessed to have had opportunities to come back pretty much every year, but I really, really love working at CBS," Cowher said. "It starts at the top with Les Moonves and Sean McManus. I've been here for nine years. This is like a family. It reminds me a lot of the Pittsburgh Steelers, how that was run. I had the best job in football. I wanted to move on."
Cowher, 58, coached the Steelers for 15 years before retiring in 2006, a year after winning his only Super Bowl title. He has been working at CBS ever since.
"Fifteen years, I was 49 years old, and it was time," Cowher said. "I'm still part of the game, but I also love the freedom it gives me in the offseason, to be able to travel and do things I never did before as a head coach. I don't have the [scouting] combine, I don't have the draft, I don't have OTAs, I don't have training camp. I start up next month.
"In the meantime, I've been able to spend a lot of time with my children, a lot of time traveling and it's a great lifestyle that I wouldn't have if I was coaching," he said.
Asked if he got the right offer to return as a head coach, Cowher said, "I have never even gotten to offers. It's not about an offer. It's about the fact that I had the best job in football [with the Steelers] and I think right now, I have the best job in broadcasting. I love what I'm doing.
"The National Football League has been very good for me," he said. "I've been in the NFL since 1980 -- 35 straight years, as either a player, a coach, an assistant coach, a head coach and now the last nine years at CBS on 'The NFL Today.' I can't imagine not being a part of the NFL in some capacity, and I love this capacity because of the freedom it gives me."
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-tv-job-and-life-enough-to-not-miss-coaching/
Bill Cowher likes TV job and life enough to not miss coaching
Posted by Darin Gantt on August 27, 2015
Most guys with 15 years of head-coaching experience who have been out of the game nine years are well past the point of getting back into the NFL.
But CBS analyst Bill Cowher said even though he’s had many chances to, he’s perfectly comfortable working in television now.
Cowher retired from the Steelers the year after winning a Super Bowl, leaving with a 161-99-1 record. With that resume, and the fact he’s still just 58 (four years younger than reigning coach of the year Bruce Arians), it’s reasonable to think he might want to give it another shot and that someone would give him one.
While the pull of the game is strong, Cowher seems to be learning — like Jon Gruden — that there are other ways to make a living in the NFL without the constant stress of coaching a team, and that might not be the worst way to live.
Bill Cowher happy traveling and working at CBS instead of coaching
By BOB GLAUBER bob.glauber@newsday.com
Despite being out of the coaching business the last nine years, Bill Cowher has received multiple offers to join other teams as a head coach. But the combination of his role as a CBS analyst for "The NFL Today" and his lifestyle make it less likely he'd come back to the sidelines any time soon.
If ever.
"I've been blessed to have had opportunities to come back pretty much every year, but I really, really love working at CBS," Cowher said. "It starts at the top with Les Moonves and Sean McManus. I've been here for nine years. This is like a family. It reminds me a lot of the Pittsburgh Steelers, how that was run. I had the best job in football. I wanted to move on."
Cowher, 58, coached the Steelers for 15 years before retiring in 2006, a year after winning his only Super Bowl title. He has been working at CBS ever since.
"Fifteen years, I was 49 years old, and it was time," Cowher said. "I'm still part of the game, but I also love the freedom it gives me in the offseason, to be able to travel and do things I never did before as a head coach. I don't have the [scouting] combine, I don't have the draft, I don't have OTAs, I don't have training camp. I start up next month.
"In the meantime, I've been able to spend a lot of time with my children, a lot of time traveling and it's a great lifestyle that I wouldn't have if I was coaching," he said.
Asked if he got the right offer to return as a head coach, Cowher said, "I have never even gotten to offers. It's not about an offer. It's about the fact that I had the best job in football [with the Steelers] and I think right now, I have the best job in broadcasting. I love what I'm doing.
"The National Football League has been very good for me," he said. "I've been in the NFL since 1980 -- 35 straight years, as either a player, a coach, an assistant coach, a head coach and now the last nine years at CBS on 'The NFL Today.' I can't imagine not being a part of the NFL in some capacity, and I love this capacity because of the freedom it gives me."
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-tv-job-and-life-enough-to-not-miss-coaching/
Bill Cowher likes TV job and life enough to not miss coaching
Posted by Darin Gantt on August 27, 2015
Most guys with 15 years of head-coaching experience who have been out of the game nine years are well past the point of getting back into the NFL.
But CBS analyst Bill Cowher said even though he’s had many chances to, he’s perfectly comfortable working in television now.
Cowher retired from the Steelers the year after winning a Super Bowl, leaving with a 161-99-1 record. With that resume, and the fact he’s still just 58 (four years younger than reigning coach of the year Bruce Arians), it’s reasonable to think he might want to give it another shot and that someone would give him one.
While the pull of the game is strong, Cowher seems to be learning — like Jon Gruden — that there are other ways to make a living in the NFL without the constant stress of coaching a team, and that might not be the worst way to live.
