# Chuck Noll has died **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 14, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757 "2014-06-14T05:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757/1 "2014-06-14T05:06:04Z")
Stories [here](http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/2014/06/13/Former-Steeler-coach-Chuck-Noll-is-dead/stories/201406130225) and [here](http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/6081467-74/noll-football-steelers#axzz34a1IZ2oN). Chuck was a legend, and there are a million great stories about him. The only coach to win 4 Super Bowls, and a class act on and off the field. Rest in Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757/2 "2014-06-14T05:11:20Z")
Thanks for the memories, Coach. Now go kick Landry’s ass in Heaven. Between you and the Chief you ought to put together a hell of a draft. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757/3 "2014-06-14T05:12:22Z")
RIP ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757/4 "2014-06-14T17:46:46Z")
Long live the Emperor. RIP. He’ll always be THE coach of the Steelers. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757/5 "2014-06-14T18:35:33Z")
That man was good at football. Seemed like a nice guy, too. And I’m not even a Steelers fan. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757/6 "2014-06-14T23:03:32Z")
Reading those articles, he seems like a really cool guy, which is something I did not know. RIP ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-noll-has-died/690757/7 "2014-06-15T19:18:37Z")
Noll was one of the greatest coaches ever, but one of the most admirable things about him is a trait almost nobody seems to emulate: he DIDN’T live in his office! He had a family life and other interests besides football! Even during football season, he went home for dinner almost every night, and according to his old protege Tony Dungy, he always told his assistants to do the same! Noll understood that there’s no need to work 24 hours a day. A coach’s job is to come up with the best possible game plan, have his layers practice until they’ve mastered it, and then say, “See you Sunday!”