Tag: Bill Cowher

Will Bill Cowher and Jimmy Johnson help Dan Reeves and Mike Shanahan reach Hall of Fame?

If Bill Cowher and Jimmy Johnson belong in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Dan Reeves and Mike Shanahan do, too.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame will have a special 20-member class in 2020 in celebration of the NFL’s 100 years. The expanded class will include 15 “Centennial Slate” inductees, two of which are coaches.

Former Broncos coach Dan Reeves was among the finalists for the “Centennial Slate” but the voters choose former Steelers coach Bill Cowher and former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson instead.

Many fans and pundits on Twitter were perplexed about Johnson and Cowher reaching the Hall of Fame over Reeves and another former Broncos coach, Mike Shanahan.

It’s debatable if Reeves and Shanahan were more deserving but one could make a strong case that they are at least as deserving.

Shanahan was a brilliant offensive mind that won two Super Bowls as a head coach and three overall. His style of offense is still seen around the NFL thanks to his impressive coaching tree that includes Gary Kubiak, Kyle Shanahan (his son), Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur.

If voters believe that Johnson and Cowher belong in the Hall of Fame, surely they must believe Reeves and Shanahan do as well, right? Unfortunately, that might not be the case, in part because of the voting process for the 2020 class.

Johnson and Cowher were selected by a special “blue-ribbon panel,” not the usual selection committee. That panel’s view on what’s deserving of Hall of Fame recognition might not line up with the selection committee’s view, so even if Shanahan and Reeves are just as deserving as Johnson and Cowher, Denver’s two former coaches might still face an uphill battle to Canton. Classes will go back to being selected by the usual committee in 2021.

While the Broncos won’t have a coach enter the Hall of Fame this year, the team does have three finalists: modern-era safeties Steve Atwater and John Lynch and linebacker Randy Gradishar, a Centennial Slate candidate.

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Former Steelers HC Bill Cowher was prepared to not make the HOF

Bill Cowher was ready to not get the call on the HOF.

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.

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Former Steelers HC Bill Cowher selected for HOF

Check out Bill Cowher being surprised on set as he joins the HOF.

There were probably plenty of Pittsburgh Steelers fans who weren’t even watching football on Saturday night. So if you happened to miss the CBS broadcast, you missed former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher being given the news he was selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of their Centennial class.

Cowher was in the midst of a breakdown with his CBS crew when David Baker, President of the Pro Football Hall of Fame came out on set to give Cowher the news. It was an amazing sight and you got to see some serious emotion from Cowher. He was then joined by his family who was of course in on the whole thing.

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WATCH: Bill Cowher finds out he is a Hall of Famer while on air for CBS

Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this summer.

Most of the time when you learn you are a Pro Football Hall of Famer you learne by a knock on the hotel door from David Baker. Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher, however, found out he will be inducted with the 2020 Class while on the air working for CBS Saturday.

Cowher has a career 149-90-1 record over 15 seasons with the Steelers and a Super Bowl on his resume. He’s won eight division titles and advanced his team to the playoffs 10 times. He’s only had three losing seasons in his entire coaching career and has reached double-digits in victories in nine seasons.

 

Watch Bill Cowher find out he’s a Pro Football Hall of Famer on live TV

Bill Cowher was revealed to be the first member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2020 on Saturday night.

A total of 20 football legends will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton in the NFL’s centennial class, and one member found out that he’ll soon be receiving a gold jacket on the CBS pre-game show before the Titans-Ravens game on Saturday night.

David Baker, the president of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, wandered on the CBS set to surprise Cowher, and revealed that the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach and Super Bowl XL champion has become a Hall of Famer.

Cowher won 61 percent of his games as a head coach in the NFL, and posted a record of 161-99-1, all in Pittsburgh. He led the Steelers to a division title in eight of his 15 seasons in charge, and Pittsburgh played in a total of six AFC title games and two Super Bowls under Cowher, winning Super Bowl XL against the Seahawks in 2006.

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Giants head coaching search: 15 potential candidates

The New York Giants have fired head coach Pat Shurmur, so here’s a look at 15 candidates who could replace him.

As many things change, so many stay the same — especially in East Rutherford, where the New York Giants have fired head coach Pat Shurmur and are once again on the prowl for a replacement.

The Giants now need to hire their fifth head coach since 2015 and since they got a late start, there’s a lot of ground to make up.

Here’s a look at 15 potential head coaching candidates.

Editor’s note: Having gone over several of these names previously, there’s no real reason to completely rehash everything just for the sake of doing it, so we’re going to blockquote out previous analysis and commentary, and add to it if needed.

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Matt Rhule

Rhule is drawing interest from the Carolina Panthers and others, but rumors suggest he’s looking for a place where he can control personnel or he’s not leaving college. Are the Giants that team? Ehh…

Rhule has had success just about everywhere he has gone, and his time at Baylor has been no exception. With the school dealing with some very serious issues, he’s brought it back from the ashes. Not only that, Rhule has a familiarity with the Giants and team ownership, having served as their assistant offensive line coach in 2012. He’s generated head coaching interest in recent years and very nearly landed the Jets job prior to the hiring of Adam Gase.

Forgetting about his desire to control personnel, Rhule has no NFL head coaching experience to speak of, which is something the Giants may look to avoid this time around.

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