I think I was the first person to bring up Cowher; I did it shortly after last year's Florida game. We were lucky he took a year off and didn't take the NCSU job. Cowher built the Steelers back up and won 2 Super Bowls, while Butch Davis and Lane Kiffin proved nothing in the NFL.
Cowher can hire people to recruit. His teams are tough, don't make mistakes, and are good on special teams. He would get everything out of his players. A lot of guys would come to UT because of his NFL success. He is the only sure thing, get-it-done quickly guy being mentioned.