# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-cowher
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:42.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-cowher"
name: "Bill Cowher"
slug: "bill-cowher"
description: "William Laird Cowher is an American former professional football linebacker and coach who served as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. He began his coaching career as an assistant under Marty Schottenheimer for the Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs, serving as the latter's defensive coordinator from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, Cowher was named head coach of the Steelers, a position he held until his retirement following the 2006 season. After retiring, Cowher joined The NFL Today as a studio analyst."
tagline: "American football player, coach, and analyst (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Cowher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1957-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.203616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184752/"
    handle:    "nm0184752"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowher"
    title: "Bill Cowher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بيل كواير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowher"
    title: "Bill Cowher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowher"
    title: "Bill Cowher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowher"
    title: "Bill Cowher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowher"
    title: "Bill Cowher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowher"
    title: "Bill Cowher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowher"
    title: "Bill Cowher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump