Bill Cowher returned to Pittsburgh late last week to interview Steelers QB Russell Wilson for CBS’ The NFL Today pregame show.
He stayed longer than he had planned, making a surprise appearance Saturday night at the Steelers’ Hall of Honor dinner.
While addressing around 500 people in the UMPC Club at Acrisure Stadium, Cowher connected the Steelers’ past – or at least his – to the present.
“It was a dream for me unlike any other,” he said of coaching his hometown team. “The memories, the relationships. We had a brotherhood. We had each other’s back.