Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher: I've had offers to coach but prefer broadcasting

Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher doesn't sound like someone itching to get back into coaching.

Cowher, who retired from coaching in 2007 after 15 years as Steelers boss, says told Newsday's Bob Glauber that he's happy in his current role as an analyst for CBS.

"I've been blessed to have had opportunities to come back pretty much every year, but I really, really love working at CBS," Cowher said. "I've been here for nine years. This is like a family. It reminds me a lot of the Pittsburgh Steelers, how that was run. I had the best job in football. I wanted to move on."

Cowher indicated he has no regrets about leaving coaching one season after the Steelers' win in Super Bowl XL and moving into broadcasting.

"Fifteen years, I was 49 years old, and it was time," Cowher said. "I'm still part of the game, but I also love the freedom it gives me in the offseason, to be able to travel and do things I never did before as a head coach. I don't have the (scouting) combine, I don't have the draft, I don't have OTAs, I don't have training camp. I start up next month.

"In the meantime, I've been able to spend a lot of time with my children, a lot of time personally traveling and it's a great lifestyle that I wouldn't have if I was coaching," he said.

Rumors of a return to coaching have followed Cowher since his departure, but it doesn't sound like he's ever been close to getting back on the sideline.

"I have never even gotten to offers," Cowher said. "It's not about an offer. It's about the fact that I had the best job in football (with the Steelers) and I think right now, I have the best job in broadcasting. I love what I'm doing."