Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher recovered from coronavirus

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Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher of Crafton, Pennsylvania has now recovered from coronavirus according to Reuters Media on Wednesday. Cowher and his wife, Veronica Stiegler, both tested positive for the coronavirus antibodies in April.

Cowher, who is 63 years old, believes that they might have got coronavirus sometime during a trip to Hawaii in March. He also admits dining in New York City right before restaurants closed, and being in airports in Honolulu and Newark when air travel was quite heavy.

Cowher was the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1992 to 2006. In 15 seasons, Cowher helped the Steelers record a record of 149 wins, 90 losses, and one tie, along with a record of 12 wins and nine losses in the postseason. During that time, Cowher also coached the Steelers to a Super Bowl title in 2006. From Ford Field in Detroit, the Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.

Cowher’s current job is as a studio analyst for CBS’s The NFL Today. He has been in that role since 2007, and presently works alongside host James Brown, former NFL quarterbacks Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason, former NFL wide receiver Nate Burleson, and American sports writer Jason La Canfora.

Cowher had been married to Stiegler, who is a professional singer since 2014. Cowher’s first wife Kaye passed away of cancer at the age of 54 in 2010. Since 2018, Cowher and Stiegler have been living in New York. The state has been hammered by coronavirus in the last few months. There have been 418, 605 cases of coronavirus in New York state with 32,143 deaths, and 295,984 active cases.