Chuck Noll

...good ones, they did OK. Once Dan Rooney took over, the Steelers took an upswing. Dan worked at the job full time, hired Chuck Noll and the rest is history. It's always been a mom-and-pop operation, although it's hard to call them that now.

In this article: Steelers, NFL, Gary Anderson, Dan Rooney, Morten Andersen, Super Bowl, Jan Stenerud, and Lou Groza

...decided to go caroling, and stopped by Dan Rooney's house and a few others along the chain of power. Swann suggested they go to Noll's. His buddies hesitated. But it was before 11:00 p.m. -- their curfew -- so they knocked on the door and...

In this article: Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl, Pittsburgh, Lynn Swann, and Dan Rooney

...any slips now," Art Jr. said. "The Chief left the team to all his sons, but he wanted Dan to run things, and Dan was the one who hired Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin on the way to six Super Bowl wins." That's not to say the process...

In this article: Dan Rooney, Steelers, NFL, Super Bowl, Latrobe, Liberal arts, Cliff Swallow, and North Catholic High School

...how to identify and hire the right coach be coming to bear as well? Noll was 37 when he was hired and led the Steelers to four Super Bowl titles in 22 Hall of Fame years. Cowher was 35 when he was hired and took the Steelers to two Super...

In this article: Mike Tomlin, Dan Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl, Ron Rivera, Tony Dungy, Bill Cowher, and NFL

...when the Steelers lacked their own stadium and practice facility. He was there in the 1960s, when hiring coach Chuck Noll helped snapped the Steelers out of 40 years of lethargy. He was there in the 1970s, when the Steelers were a team like...

In this article: Dan Rooney, Steelers, Jeff Reed, Art Rooney, NFL, Willie Parker, Saint Vincent College, Duquesne University, and Super Bowl

...Harrison, becomes the NFL's defensive player of the year. Whomever he hires as coach, whether it's Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher or Mike Tomlin, leads the Steelers to the Super Bowl. The policy that finally brought the NFL out of the dark ages...

In this article: Dan Rooney, Steelers, Mike Tomlin, NFL, Ryan Clark, Bill Cowher, Joey Porter, Super Bowl, and Charlie Batch

...trial took place in the summer of 1977 and spilled into training camp. Noll left assistant coach George Perles in charge and spent the whole trial in San Francisco. Others also testified, Swann and Dan Rooney included. It was a fiasco...

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