Bill Cowher is one of the most beloved head coaching figures in Pittsburgh sports history. That’s not just by the fans, but by the players as well.
Cowher, noted for his fiery personality on the sidelines, also treaded a thin line of being both the calm, and the storm with his players, as he told NPR’s Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! Podcast.
“I used to show my emotion a lot,” said Cowher. “I was very passionate about our job and I wanted our team to be passionate about our job. So sometimes I had to be the calm in the storm and sometimes I had to be the storm.