The ties that bind

Cowher, LeBeau cherish time with UConn’s Spanos

While shaping the Pittsburgh Steelers game plans of the 1990s and 2000s, head coach Bill Cowher and defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau had many questions and a trusted man in place for many answers.

Beside them for years was Lou Spanos, now

UConn’s fiery interim head coach, then a young NFL assistant who spent countless hours elbow-to-elbow in meeting rooms with his

UConn Athletics / Contributed photo UConn's D.J. Morgan (41) talks to defensive coordinator Lou Spanos.