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Merril Hoge: Steelers Players Were Stunned Chuck Noll Hadn’t Won Coach Of The Year Until 1989

Even after winning four Super Bowls in six seasons and setting the foundation for one of the greatest dynasties in all of professional sports during the 1970s, former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach and Hall of Famer Chuck Noll had one award elude him for nearly his entire career in Pittsburgh.

Until the 1989 season.

That award? The NFL’s Coach of the Year award.

For former running back Merril Hoge, who appeared on KDKA Radio Monday morning with host Larry Richert, the Steelers’ PA announcer, Noll’s winning his first Coach of the Year award in 1989 was shocking.