Inevitably during every coaching cycle, someone asks the question. Will Bill Cowher return? Cowher may have finally answered that question for good.
Appearing on the Zach Gelb Show Wednesday night, Cowher said he’s enjoying life in his current role, serving as a CBS analyst since 2007. And he explained why getting back into coaching would simply be too demanding.
“No, not really,” Cowher told the show when asked if he was surprised he never got the coaching itch again. “I stepped down and it was more for family reasons at the time. But I just think being [at the time] 49 years old, I’ve been in the National Football League for 26 years, player to coach, I wanted to take a step back.