Chuck Noll Era

Chuck Noll: The life's work of a teacher, mentor, and private man

Chuck Noll was a no-nonsense coach, and his Pittsburgh Steelers followed his lead to win four Super Bowls.

Check out this information of Chuck Noll's induction into the Steelers Hall of Fame!

Growing up in the 1980s in Pittsburgh, there were a few constants you could always count on: Four seasons, three rivers and Chuck Noll as head coach of the Steelers.

The US Congress has declared September 7th as 'Chuck Noll Day' in honor of the legendary Pittsburgh Steelers championship coach, who was taken from us in June of this year.

Art Rooney gets choked up during interview after the Steelers win their 3rd Superbowl championship. Superbowl 13, Orange Bowl (Miami, FL) on January 21, 1979.

As far back as high school, Chuck Noll didn't want to let the world in. On the football field, it was one thing. Noll would be a gritty, hard-working lineman who directed his teammates with a coach's assurance even as a teenager, and he didn't mind being noticed there. Remark on his savvy play, compliment his understanding of the game, offer him a college scholarship -- all that was fine. But off the field? The former Pittsburgh Steelers coach cherished his privacy and didn't say much, even then. Few of his classmates at Benedictine High School knew that he worked at Fisher Brothers meat market on Cedar Road after school, applying his 55 cents an hour to the $150 annual school tuition he paid himself. They didn't know his father, William, suffered from Parkinson's, and that the entire family had to help whenever the disease gripped him. When Noll arrived at the University of Dayton to play football, hardly anyone knew that he was there entirely because Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy was afraid to let Noll play after an epileptic seizure felled him during a practice before his freshman season. There was the time in 1979 when Steelers...

Steelers History up to and including the Chuck Noll Era

The Steelers hired Hall of Fame Coach Chuck Noll on Jan. 27, 1969.

From that humble beginning, Chuck Noll built a team that went to the Super Bowl four times out of the next six years. Beating the so called America's team, the Dallas Cowboys, twice and the Minnesota Vikings and the Oakland Raiders once, the Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to win four championship rings. Noll had finally delivered to the city that never expected, but thoroughly deserved it.

193-148-1 W-L, 16-8 W-L in playoffs, 4 SB won, Steelers 1969-1991, born in OH 1932, died 2014

'I knew what you had to do to win. Number one, you had to not lose.' -- Chuck Noll

Noll took a Pittsburgh team that had been a perennial doormat and turned it into a powerhouse.

Chuck Noll's contributions the Pittsburgh Steelers are immeasurable, and his place in NFL history is secure. His greatest legacy however is the sense of identity and purpose he instilled upon the franchise over 40 years ago, one present today.

A website dedicated to Pittsburgh and the Steelers. "From the very beginning he impressed me. To be honest, we hit it off very well. I remember his knowledge of the game was the thing that impressed me the most, and not just his knowing formations and so forth. He had a very good understanding of our players and situation, which I thought was remarkable for another team's assistant coach."

Charles Henry Noll (January 5, 1932 - June 13, 2014) was a professional American football player, assistant coach and head coach. His sole head coaching position was for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1991. When Noll retired after 23 years, only three other head coaches in NFL history had longer tenures with one team.[1]