NEW YORK 鈥 Hall of Fame coach and NFL analyst Bill Cowher has a book coming out in June that his publisher is calling 鈥渕ore than just a football story.鈥
The former Pittsburgh Steelers coach, who led his team to a Super Bowl title at the end of the 2005 season, has a deal with Atria Books for the memoir 鈥淗eart and Steel.鈥 Cowher, inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, will look back not just on his career, but on his private struggles. In 2010, he lost his wife and father within three months of each other.
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Cowher, 63, led the Steelers from 1992-2006 and besides the Super Bowl win helped guide the team to eight division titles and two conference championships. In his first year with Pittsburgh, he was named coach of the year by The Associated Press and by the Sporting News.
Cowher is collaborating on 鈥淗eart and Steel" with Michael Holley, who has also worked on a memoir by Boston Red Sox David Ortiz and on books about the Boston Celtics and New England Patriots.
The Associated Press