For Kevin Colbert, leading the Pittsburgh Steelers as Director of Football Operations and then GM from 2000 to 2022 was an honor. His hometown team, he helped bring the organization its fifth and sixth Super Bowls, breaking a drought that spanned the post-Steel Curtain into the new century. And above all, he loved working for the people inside the building. None more than the late Dan Rooney, who owned and controlled the Steelers for decades.
Appearing on the North Catholic Athletics Podcast, Colbert explained what it meant to work for “Mr. Rooney.”
“Having been with Mr.