Bill Cowher, the legendary Pittsburgh Steelers head coach who was to be inducted into the Professional Soccer Hall of Fame this year, said Wednesday that he and his wife tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus in April.
Cowher told The Athletic that he and his wife, Veronica Stigeler, had symptoms in March and were not tested for the virus at the time. But they both tested positive for antibodies a month later.
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Cowher, 63, said he and his wife lost their sense of smell when they returned from a trip to Honolulu. The two flew back to Newark International Airport and went to dinner in New York City before things began to close in early March.
Soon after, Cowher said they began to experience loss of smell and taste and shaky joints. Cowher said he had a mild fever.
“I think I got it in New York and all the travelers traveling to the Newark airport at the same time,” he told The Athletic. “It was then that the virus came from Europe and there was no closure. We were in New York that weekend also in some restaurants. Who knows? There were people in Honolulu who came from China, and in Newark, they came from Europe. “
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Both have since recovered.
Cowher was a guest on the 2020 Professional Football Hall of Fame, but the ceremony was delayed a year due to the pandemic.
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“I am really relieved,” he said. “As much as you want to be thoughtful and talk about the people who were so important in your life, now is not the time, not only with COVID but also with the problems of social justice. These are very transparent times, and it is very fluid. The Hall of Fame needs to be thoughtful. I’m glad he’s still going to be playing Dallas and Pittsburgh [next year]Which is great. I think right now it is difficult to really think of anything to celebrate when the country is in the state it is in. “
