It’s not often an NFL head coach can truly walk away on his own terms. Not only to avoid being fired from his current job but to have the fortitude to turn down jobs knowing full well he is up to the challenge physically. Bill Cowher carved such a path, coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1992 to 2006. Despite years of speculation, Cowher never returned to the sideline, taking a job as a CBS Sports analyst he still holds today.
Appearing on the NFL’s Second Acts podcast hosted by former NFL defensive backs Charles “Peanut” Tillman and Roman Harper, Cowher explained why he didn’t come back.