European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 b the stars and stripes wednesday january 22, 1992steelers find new coach at Home by Alan Robinson Pittsburgh apr look at a map and it appears the Pittsburgh Steeles went 1,400 Miles to find their new coach. In reality they found him five minutes away from three Rivers stadium. Kansas City chiefs defensive coordinator Bill Cowher a Pittsburgh native to be introduced As the nil s second youngest head coach a and the 15th in steel Erst history a at a news conference tuesday. Cowher 34, accepted the Job As Chuck Nollys successor during a meeting sunday with team president Dan Rooney his son Art ii and director of football operations Tom Donahoe. Cowher then returned to his Kansas City Home and did no to take phone Calls from the Media prior to mondays announcement. Cowher has been described As hard working organized and Well liked by his players and he certainly meets All of Dan Rooney a criteria for the Job. When Noll retired dec. 26, Rooney said he wanted a coach who understood that the family style Steeles were different from most nil teams. A the has to be a person who appreciates the Steeles and Pittsburgh Quot Rooney said. Quot he has to have the values of the Community a commitment to this team and  the Steeles Lack the layers of bureaucracy of for example the baseball pirates and some coaches Arentt comfortable that the ownership retains such close tics to the coaches. Few expect that to be a problem with Cowher. Interestingly while Rooney said he did t want a coach who would try to emulate Noll Cowherd a credentials Are strikingly similar to Nollys when the Steeles hired him on Jan. 27, 1969. Like Noll Cowherd a credentials Are much better known within the nil than they Are to the casual fan and like Noll he entered coaching at an Early age after stretching his ability to the maximum As a player. Noll was 36 when he was hired. Like Noll Cowher quickly established himself As one of the a Fly Stop assistant coaches and was praised for being demanding but fair. Like Noll he played for the Cleveland Browns the steel Erst biggest rival. But while Noll was Cleveland born and bred Cowher is a son of Pittsburgh. A four sport Star at Carlyn ton High school he Wasny to sought by Hometown Pitt and instead was recruited by coach Lou Holtz at North Carolina state where he became a team Captain. Cowher was a Browns linebacker for three seasons then spent two years in Philadelphia and was named the eagles special teams map in 1984. When a knee injury ended his career a year later Browns coach Marty sch Ottenheimer immediately asked him to become his special teams coach. Cowher accompanied sch Ottenheimer also a Pitts Burgh area native to Kansas City As defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 1989. Cowher will choose his assistant coaches but Veteran assistant Dick Hoak a Steeles player or coach for 32 years and special teams coach George Stewart May stay. Defensive line coach Joe Greene under consideration to succeed Noll until last Friday probably wont be retained because his High profile might prove distracting to Cowher. Cowher a guards Tim Hardaway of the warriors left and Tyrone Bogues of the hornets scramble for a Loose Ball monday at Oakland. Short handed mixers surge past bullets by the associated press Philadelphia the Philadelphia 76ers did not have much to work with. So Charles Barkley Hersey Hawkins and Armon Gilliam made the most of what they had. The 76ers, limited to nine players because of injuries still were Strong enough to beat the Washington bullets 99-91 monday night. Starting Center Charles Shackleford was out with a pulled hamstring and Mitchell Wiggins did not play because of a sprained ankle Dave Hoppen Brian Oliver and Jayson were already on the injured list for the 76ers, Hawkins scored 24 Points Gilliam had 20 Points and 12 rebounds and Barkley had 18 Points. Harvey Grant scored 23 Points for Washington. In other monday games heat 121, Timber wolves 106 Miami a Kevin Edwards scored All of his 16 Points in the last 13�?T/2 minutes and Miami sent Minnesota to its fifth straight loss. Glen Rice had 22 Points Grant Long had 21 and Rony Seikaly added 20 Points and 15 rebounds for the heat. Lakers 116, supersonics 110 Inglewood Calif. . Green had 16 Points and 16 rebounds and Sam Perkins added 25 Points As los Angeles beat Seattle for the 16th straight time at the forum. Eddie Johnson had 29 Points Gary Payton 20 and Shawn Kemp had 16 Points and 15 rebounds for Seattle. The sonics played without starting Forward Derrick Mckey who sustained torn ligaments in his right thumb saturday and is by la he associated press Matt Nokes tied Brian Harper for the top salary among catchers agreeing monday to a $7.5 million three year contract with the new York Yankees. Nokes who made $887,500 last season gets a $750,000 signing Bonus and annual salaries of $2.25 million under a Deal that was essentially completed last week and announced monday. His average annual salary of $2.5 million matches the $5 million two year Deal that Harper and the Minnesota twins agreed to dec. 19. Three other players settled monday leaving 130 players remaining in arbitration. Reliever Rob Dibble and Cincinnati expected to be out for six weeks. Celtics 107, Cavaliers 102 Richfield Ohio Reggie Lewis had 26 Points and Robert Parish had 20, including the go ahead Hook shot with a minute left As Boston won a Battle of banged up teams. The celtics won their third in a Row without injured Larry Bird and Kevin Mchale. Agreed on a one year Deal for $1.4 million while infielder Dave Magadan and the new York mets split the difference and settled at $1,393,750. Catcher . Surhoff and Milwaukee settled for a $2.15 million non guaranteed contract the same Deal they agreed to last thursday and Una Reed Toon Friday. Nokes 28, would have been eligible for free Agency after the 1992 season. He hit .268 in 1991 with 77 Bis and led the Yankees with 24 Home runs. Nokes had asked for $2.6 million in arbitration last Friday while the Yankees had offered $1.9 million. Magadan made $1.25 million in an in the Cavaliers were missing Larry Nance and Brad Daugherty. Parish also had 13 rebounds. John Williams had 21 Points and 10 rebounds and Mark Price also scored 21 for the Cavaliers. Warriors 135, hornets 119 Oakland Calif. A Chris Mullin scored 29 Points and Golden state forced jury plagued 1991, when he slumped to a .258 average with four homers and 51 Bis. The mets had offered a 5 percent Cut to $1,187,500 and the infielder had asked for $1.6 million. A someone would ask a Why did we offer a Cut and give him a raise a a mets general manager a1 Harazin said. A a it Sall part of the process. Its a give and  Dibble eligible for arbitration for the first time had asked for $1.8 million and Cincinnati had offered $1 million. In addition to his base salary Dibble would get a $50,000 Bonus for appearing in 60 games. Last year he made $500,000. 25 turnovers leading to 34 Points Larry Johnson had 26 Points and 11 rebounds for the hornets. Kicks 105, pacers 97 new York Patrick Ewing had 25 Points and 14 rebounds and new York broke Loose Midway through the fourth Quarter to beat Indiana. For Catcher Dibble was 3-5 with a 3.17 Era in 1991, when he appeared in 67 games and had a career High 31 saves. It was a troubled year for the 28-year-old right hander. National league president Bill White suspended him for three games for throwing at Eric Yelding of Houston and four games for hitting a fan with a Ball Dibble threw into the stands at riverfront stadium. Surhoff 27, hit .289 last season with 68 Bis. The Deal came apart Friday Over whether it would be guaranteed and he then submitted a $2.6 arbitration request to Milwaukee a $2 million. Surhoff made $ 1,085,000 last season. Aba Yankees sign Nokes to top pact