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Exclusive with Behind the Yoi Author Dan Joseph

First off, what made you decide to write the book?

I’m a native Pittsburgher – I grew up watching and listening to Myron Cope. He was inescapable – he was on the news, commercials, billboards – I was a fan like so many people.

My wife is friends with a woman who is a friend of Elizabeth Cope, and she learned that Elizabeth had all of Myron’s work materials still – tapes, contracts, notes… Elizabeth wanted to do something with it all – maybe write a book. So we ended up meeting.

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Projected 53 Man Roster

My projected Steelers *roster

*Guessing Roman Wilson starts off on IR to buy time
*Steelers will likely make moves to bolster depth quality at CB and OL
*The Steelers will likely add players from other team cuts – this only accounts for Steelers players as there’s no way to predict cuts and who they’d acquire.

QB (3)

Wilson
Fields
Allen

RB (3)

Harris
Warren
Patterson

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Tight End Russ Campbell, 1992

First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your playing days?

I moved back to Wichita after I was done playing and taught high school algebra to teenagers. I did that for 10 years and started flipping houses in the Summer. That morphed into a house flipping business – I quit teaching and bought more homes and now that’s my business. Now I have 25-to-30 employees in Wichita and we manage our own rentals as well as that of 30 other investors.

The company is Goshen Property Management – we’ve been doing this for over 25 years now.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Wide Receiver Cedric Goodman, 2009

First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your sports days?

After the Steelers released me, I had a unique opportunity to run track. I was an All-American in high school and ran track at Georgia. I ran track professionally after the Steelers. I barely missed the Olympic trials in the hurdles – by six-tenths of a second.

My wife was in medical school in Austin at the time I was training there in Austin. After a while I decided to get my Masters in Theological Studies while she was in school. I also became an assistant track coach for the women’s track team at Texas. My sister was on that team – she actually made the Olympic trials!

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Running Back Bill Ring, 1980

First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your playing days?

I became a financial advisor – I started in 1983 and got my license then while I was still playing. I always knew I was one step away to unemployment. I worked for Dean Witter then became the Regional Director at Wells Fargo. Then I became an advisor at the Capital Group – they were considered the gold standard at the time and held in the highest regard. Their private group practice was really just starting up then but I had good people there working for me. I met the managing director – Dick Barker – during the JFK Memorial Tennis Tournament so I guess I owe my job to JFK!

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Offensive Lineman Micah Hatchie, 2015-2016

First off, can you let me know what you’re up to now and how the post-NFL transition went for you?

I last put on my pads in 2016. Now, I’m an admissions counselor at the University of Washington.

The first couple of years, the transition was a struggle – as it is for a lot of guys that go through injuries and who didn’t get a chance after the injury. I didn’t get picked up after my injury in Pittsburgh and that has an affect on you. Certainly I went though it.

Now I’m back in Seattle living my life – I’m married and have a little one on the way.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Wide Receiver Sammie Coates, 2015-2016

First off, what are you doing now since you stopped playing football?

For a while I played football in Canada, but now I am coaching wide receivers at Ohio Northern University. I think it’s a natural fit for me and something I can be really good at.

Any coaches or coaching lessons influence the way you are approaching coaching?

As a player you take a lot from everything you’ve done. There are so many talented players and coaches I’ve been around over the years to learn from.

Tomlin – he was one of the greatest coaches I played for. I learned a lot from him. And guys like Big Ben – intelligent guys that you just watch and learn from.

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Exclusive with Chris Adamski, Steelers Reporter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

First off, what’s new for you all at the Tribune-Review?

Essentially it’s still me and Joe Rutter covering the team now – we’ve been doing that for eight years now. With Tim Benz there and Chaz Palla doing the photography it’s been the four of us the past four-plus years.

What’s changed since you first started covering the team?

Well when the pandemic hit we had less locker room access and there was a lull afterwards without that access. The team moved us out of the media work room to a converted racquet ball court in the indoor facility.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Linebacker Alan Baxter, 2013

First off, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your playing days?

I hung up my cleats in 2014 – I was tired of all the tryouts after being on the Steelers practice squad. I went to college with the idea that I wanted to go into business – I had entrepreneurship on my mind even then. That’s what I was going to school for – football was always a platform.

So after football I got a job as a consultant. I was hired by Dan Feeley – a former NIU player I knew. He actually still owned the company – it was a small shop where I was able to learn how to do consulting. I was able to go in and help companies. I learned then that the work ethic that made me a good athlete was transferable in business.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Defensive Lineman Harry Deligianis, 1998

First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your playing days?

My wife and I started a business while I was playing in the NFL – it’s a furniture business that we’ve kept going over the years.

I also started coaching high school football when my son was in eighth grade. That was three years ago. The head coach is a guy I played with at Youngstown State and he asked me to help out as a coach. I moved up as my son did, from eighth grade, now to tenth. I coach the defensive line and do strength training as well.

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