PRIVATE Chuck Noll Shapes the Steelers Dynasty | Chuck Noll: A Football Life | NFL

Chuck Noll became the Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969 and turned a franchise that had never won a playoff game into back-to-back Super Bowl champs.
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[@jt20042]

I loved this episode, it was brutally honest and not watered down. It gave us a true understanding of the man himself. Just the mention of Chuck Noll's name alone brings nothing but total respect! May he RIP.

[@5dave1]

Arguably one of the finest of "Football Life" series. Born in San Diego I grew up a Chargers fan in the 1960s AFL days. Having Chuck Noll, working with Sid Gilman on those teams, I knew he would wind up doing great things. Friends of mine who were long time Steeler fans in bad times heard me tell them, "you've got a great coach.......just watch" RIP Coach

[@arnaldogil4324]

God bless Chuck Noll. Man of honor and legendary coach.

[@lisacassar7040]

AMEN . 32 rip 79 , A man that my dad both of my brothers respected

[@SM-qe4wd]

Not the most loving dad though. Didn't say I love you to his kids (they say as much at the end of the full docu)

[@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs]

Quite simply, the most underrated Coach of all time. Noll's greatness was not just the fact that he was 4 and 0 in the Super Bowl; it's because he went to an AFC Championship game with Mark Malone and won a playoff game with Bubby Brister over Warren Moon and the Oilers.

[@cityhawk]

Claude White What Noll accomplished in the 70s, speaks of untouched excellence. The talent he drafted is unmatched. What hurt his legacy a bit was the 80s, and the inability to adjust to a more modern game. What was his strength during the four Super Bowl wins, was his weakness during the 80s, and that was drafting and player development. If he retired after his Super Bowl against the Rams, he would have vaulted ahead of Paul Brown or maybe even, Vince Lombardi, as the greatest head coach in the history of the NFL.

[@viviandarkbloom100]

And yet still as the 80's wore on he drafted what would become a core of the teams that won in the 90's. Cowher did not take over a bare cupboard. Lake, Woodson, Lloyd, Dawson, Jackson, Hardy Nickerson, Thomas Everett, etc....

[@williamwallace1307]

viviandarkbloom100 Agree 100%

[@jimstewart7557]

what was chuck nolls record in the 80ies and 90ies ???

[@rickbowser3308]

Brian OSullivan - I doubt, as some people have said; that " the game passed Noll by," what changed was the players that were coming into the pros, weren't the self motivated individuals, that Chuck successfully coached in the 70's. These players needed coaches that would " light a fire underneath them" or have more of a personal interaction with them, like Cowher or Tomlin. You probably couldn't have a better modern example of how Bradshaw would have turned out, without Noll's approach, than Jeff George, all the talent he needed to become a successful QB, but totally void of the mental toughness required to survive and flourish in the NFL.

[@tomitstube]

the thing about chuck noll was his (as joe greene says) "no bullshit" attitude, from the quotes by him you realize he didn't get bogged down by anything but facts, if you or someone sucked he didn't hide it, if you were good you had a job, if a scheme didn't work you didn't pretend it would. and he knew the player needed advantages on the field and taught those, he knew it was individual battles, you get the best talent and you give him the best opportunity to succeed. a brilliant football mind, the most intelligent coaches always win, and the nfl is full of coaches who can't see thru their own bullshit, chuck noll is one of the best.

[@greensmithfootball10]

Chuck Noll might be one of the most unappreciated coaches in NFL history because of how private and reserved he was. But that should not diminish what he accomplished in making a team who for their first 40 years didn't win a playoff game into four time superbowl champions. And also how revolutionary he was in drafting and scouting players from HBCUs who then became hall of famers.

[@abdirahmanabdi403]

was he reserved? is their information about his personlity and public zona.

[@solemn-man3170]

Coach of the greatest dynasty ever.

[@jaimesandoval1988]

andromeda gen John Wooden?

[@mrbeleedat3078]

He means Chuck Noll, you dumbass.

[@darthrevan6]

I'm not a Pats fan, but the Pats dynasty is more impressive given they did it in the free agency era.

[@jaimesandoval1988]

darthrevan6 I disagree. Brady would not last 10+years in those 60s and 70s. The brutality was insane.

[@darthrevan6]

Jaime Sandoval You don't know that. Brady is not injury prone.

[@williamwallace1307]

Could you imagine Bill Belichick taking an opponent's playbook and throwing it in the trash? No way in hell.

[@projectawesome5675]

williamwallace1307 idiot

[@kennethlucas7473]

@@projectawesome5675 You're the idiot because Bellichick steals signs and will do ANYTHING to get an edge- No matter how petty

[@lyleswavel320]

Back then just buy your team, out spend the other teams, victory

[@lyleswavel320]

How do you know knoll didn't copy the pages

[@nala3038]

lyle swavel if you’re going to post somebody’s name, make sure you post it right, it’s spelled Noll!

[@michaelangelo9024]

The greatest football team of all time.

[@robbieblasser7023]

I’m a 49er fan, born and bred in the 80s… and I ALWAYS downplayed the 70s Steelers dynasty… because of course I did. The Niners were better, Walsh was better, yadda yadda yadda… you know the drill. But as I have gotten older, and learned, and paid attention… “My job is to teach you how to play this game correctly. I will never give you a motivational speech; if I have to motivate you, I will fire you.” That is the single greatest quote that any coach has ever delivered… ever. I am still a Niner fan for life. I still feel how I feel… and that is still the single greatest quote that any coach has ever delivered… ever.

[@LTDANMAN44]

my job is to teach you how to play this game. I will never give you a motivational speech. If I have to motivate you, I will fire you.

[@marknethercutt3381]

Chuck Noll was a great Pittsburgh Steeler coach , Pittsburgh Steelers did great because of there coaches.

[@brendanbugala8774]

Best coach of all time

[@glypnir]

I think it’s important to note that Bill Nunn was a sports writer for the Pittsburgh Courier, a Black newspaper with nationwide circulation. Starting in 1950, the Courier published an annual Pittsburgh Black All American Team list. Other Courier reporters worked on it too. The Steelers made good use of their local data source and all those years of networking by the Courier.

[@brettfavreify]

Chuck dropped an opponents' playbook in the trash. Would Belichick?

[@condorthemondor]

brettfavreify would any of the other coaches in the NFL?

[@tomitstube]

how do you know noll didn't read it or copy it?

[@kimblandino]

Because nobody was afraid of the Oilers until Earl Campbell

[@KTF0]

Doesn't mean they didn't scheme for it

[@thescatman5029]

@@kimblandino And in that case, you don't need the playbook. You know who's getting the ball.....!

[@jackfirth1094]

Great job Noll

[@anthonybatulis6516]

What about the Steeler scouting department? Chuck was a great coach but the scouting department delivered the talent.

[@pretorious700]

Chuck's final years as coach were pretty sad. He's a good case of sticking around too long.

[@SteelLegends]

Incredible 🎗

[@KTF0]

Only 2 players from 1968, the previous year before Chuck Noll was named coach, made it to his first SB team in 1974.

[@slikdarelic]

2:07.. hope ur listening Belichick!

[@joshualabrecque]

?????????????????

[@lemfarba4827]

@@joshualabrecque Google spygate.

[@lyleswavel320]

Coach might have copied it already

[@lord_beethoven1169]

Imagine if Chuck Noll took the Raiders coaching job in 1969 and John Madden remained a linebackers/defensive coordinator.

[@sartainja]

Did you ever noticed that good football coaches are not flashy men?

[@jimpierce3138]

In a 6 year period,They drafted 9 hall of famers. Wow.

[@ivangamez9773]

Like the old school NFL coaches like Knoll and Landry. Just a different era overall.

[@darwinblinks]

imagine...the only way for a Steelers coach to ever be better than Noll would mean the Steelers went 40 years without making the playoffs again, then he'd have to revive that franchise and win FIVE Super Bowls. Oh, and establish a winning legacy that extends 50 years as this Steelers team is currently doing.

[@TAXENGINEER]

Mike Webster was my favorite player.

[@shawngreene4896]

American football has the greatest lore

[@KeithFroehlich07]

You know what's ironic is they talk about how they didn't draft real well after they won four Super Bowls I was looking around the other day and I looked at the 1983 draft his team made. People talk about them passing on Dan Marino? That was just the start, if anybody wants to go look at that draft on pro-football-reference and you look at the guys they could have drafted that team could have been stacked for the next 10 years. It's truly amazing the amount of talent but they had a chance to draft in that one single draft and they got none of it.

[@TAXENGINEER]

I liked my visits to St.Vincents College.Yup Chuck was nicknamed the Pope.A Roman Catholic priest followed them around one season.Thank you Steel Curtain Thank you .Opps almost thanks to the Chief Art Rooney.RIP Knoll and Chief.

[@jessiehenry5405]

2:49

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

Ppl r so different today. Kinda feels like one person from the past could take over the world today. Loljk. Btw I love how mean joe said "He wasn't interested in bulletin board material, we didn't get involved in bs." However when john madden cut them down it was different. "They didn't have a chance. "

[@jerrylu42]

What is the last music of this video?

[@oscarsterza4439]

does somebody know the song in the middle?

[@markclark7178]

Shula dolphins were 2 and 0 against his team in AFC championship games

[@oilertitan7913]

in 1972 and 1984 before and after the Steelers dynasty

[@Steelers72]

Steelers beat phins in 79 playoffs

[@2112666123]

No team will ever win 4 Super Bowls in 6 years

[@porterwake3898]

Chuck Noll was 10x the coach John Madden was. It isn't even close. Everyone over the last couple months have been going GAGA for John Madden. Madden in my opinion isn't even top 10.

[@robertacampbell5382]

Im sorry again just aounds like jealous fans whose teams who got beat by Nolls teams. Noll took a team that hadn't won hardly anyting in over 30 years and built a team from the drafts not buying talent because there was no free agency back then. They were the team ofvthe 70s.

[@xDarkAuraMC]

second

[@deshonekancerwoatcheatercr7873]

chuck noll>>>bill belicheck

[@Idk-zu5ko]

First

[@stanleyedwards5282]

🔥🔥 *i love football ⚽⚽⚽⚽* 0:33 💗 👇👇👇🔥

[@sportshistorybuff319]

Noll's hypocritical whining about the Raiders and Glanville's Oilers stamped a giant H on his forehead for hypocrite.

[@RyanLBrown9396]

Who drafts 9 hall of famers on a single team ? When does that happen ? Unbelievable

[@johnrencheck2283]

It was fate of a losing team for decades and it will never happen again that defense was the greatest ever assembled i grew up watching them the only team close to them was the oakland raiders those games were vicious

[@davester1970]

The history of the Steelers can be divided in 2 eras: Before Chuck Noll and Since Chuck Noll. People living today only know the Steelers as one of the successful crown jewels in the NFL. It wasn't always that way. Only elderly football fans remember what the Steelers was like before Chuck Noll came to town. Before Noll was hired, the Steelers were a 40 year laughingstock. They had only two winning seasons in that time. They were the long doormats of the league. You are talking about a team that in 1955 camp cut Johnny Unitas, passed up drafting Jim Brown in 1957, and traded Len Dawson to the Browns in 1960. Chuck Noll not only built a dynasty in Pittsburgh, he also transformed the culture of this team that has been upheld ever since.

[@Idk_jotaro]

David Reynolds I’m not old at all but I know a lot of History of the NFL a year ago In December I only knew probably a twelfth of what I know now because I got Interested in Football in very late November and know I know basically way too much of what a casual NFL Fan knows

[@markclark7178]

And thank don shula !

[@tomitstube]

i forget who or where this came from, but chuck noll was the coach who exemplified the, "i didn't come here to make friends, i came here to win football games.

[@MrAschiff]

Chuck Noll was SOOOOOOO underrated.

[@thepaulbrownshow3206]

As a diehard Cowboys fan growing up in the 70's we HATED the Steelers. Hated. Can’t emphasize it enough. Two losses in the SB, 4 SB totals in the 70's .... Once you read Michael MacCambridge’s book you not only appreciate the veritable brilliance of Chuck Noll and his teaching dynamic but the absolute greatness of those iconic 70’s Pittsburgh stars who killed you every Sunday. In less than four seasons Noll ended a 30+ year losing franchise into a powerhouse. Mac's research is faultless. As Greene stated there was no silly rah-rah that is all the rage today, gladhanding players, emotional speeches. Noll built the dynasty through hard knuckle, basic football fundamentals. “Coach how do you wish to be remembered?” Noll: “as a teacher.” There was no one better.

[@Donegal513]

RIP Chuck Noll!

[@rudolphpickett5103]

They never gave him the respect he deserved how can you not win coach of the year

[@drbonesshow1]

The best thing that happened to Chuck Noll was when a fellow Chuck, in this case, Bednarik aka Concrete Charlie cold-cocked Noll after a game. Too bad Bradshaw wasn't there to see it.

[@thepaulbrownshow3206]

That story is one for the ages ... ;-)

[@Trevlee74]

The real 🐐

[@danysheply527]

Wow chuck tells it like it is what a legend

[@RK-um9tu]

Number of black players the Steelers had in 1968 - 13. Number of black player the Steelers had in 1972 - 29. End of story...

[@castiellight4142]

If the 60 Packers in their prime played the 70s Steelers in their prime, who would win?🤔

[@oilertitan7913]

Steelers of 1978 are the best team of all time Cowboys of 1977 are number 2 Raiders of 1976 are number 3 Miami of 1972 or Green Bay of 1962 of San Fran of 84 or 89 are number 4-7 you can flip a coin to determine the order. The first three are not debatable

[@Trodpint-A]

What a traitor to Cleveland and the browns organization..

[@joeysworldtourdouble2014]

Oilers

[@michaelconti5787]

I didn’t care for some of the things Noll did. Some of those players he coached were on steroids. I don’t want to hear that every team did it because that does not make it right. As far as throwing out the other playbook, I find that hard to believe. Contests are won and lost by knowing what the opponent might do. Noll probably did look at it before throwing it away…………I’m wondering if someone in the Steelers organization smuggled the opponents’ playbook into an area where Noll could find it. That’s a form of cheating. I find it hard to believe that the opponent would be that careless and do something like that. It is possible though.

[@robertacampbell5382]

Sounds 2 me that Nolls Steelers beat u team too much and u have hate towards him 4 being 1 of the best coaches ever. Maybe u r a Patriots fan, Browns fan, guess there r many I can list.

[@momichaux5054]

Imagine Bill Bellacheat getting ahold of the other teams playbook.... It would have been Xeroxed and given out to every player.

[@masonrichards4489]

🔥🔥🔥 *how much excitement there is* 0:37 💛🔥 👇👇💘

[@houstonbutler5730]

🔥🔥 *football is the meaning of life* 1:02 💟💞 👇 👇🖤

[@BadMoonRising92]

9 HOF players in a 6 year span is absolutely ridiculous. What an eye for talent

[@MrPerfesser]

Credit that to Bill Nunn as much as anyone. The former sports editor of the Pittsburgh Courier knew every HBCU coach in the country and mined the black colleges of the south for guys like Blount, Stallworth, Greenwood, Dwight White, Ernie Holmes, and on and on. Chuck had total trust in Bill. The story of the 1974 draft - with five HOFers - is a remarkable tale.

[@MrBeyondbelief]

Whatever it takes!!!! #HereWeGo