You’d think in applying to become an NFL head coach, the job interview would revolve around football. Your scheme, your coaching philosophy, the way you handle players, personnel, your approach to drafting, free agency, the laundry list of things head coaches are tasked with.
Not in Pittsburgh.
Bill Cowher spoke to the media via Zoom weeks before his Hall of Fame enshrinement and said his interview process to run the Steelers was a lot different.
“I remember from the time that I went through the interview process with Dan Rooney, he probably called me while I was in Kansas City five or six times,” Cowher told reporters.