Decades ago, Bill Cowher sat in the shoes of Jerod Mayo, Mike Macdonald, and the slew of first-year head coaches months away from heading their first game. Just like he was speaking to a graduate class, Cowher offered a pep talk and life lesson speech to those new head coaches.
“My little bit of advice for them is to navigate their way through this first year,” he said in a video shared by The 33rd Team. “Stay true to who you are and be flexible in your approach. And what I’m saying about being flexible in your approach is, you may have to change midstream based on injuries, based on all of a sudden getting a feel for your football team.