Bill Cowher!!

[BDBohnzie]

A younger coach could provide more stability to the staff in the long term. Like the original focus of this thread, Cowher was 35 when he took over the Steelers job. However, Tomlin made sense to take over for Cowher because he was already with the team, and being molded to take over. Lane Kiffin is an easier chance to take because of his background (Son of Monte, worked under Pete Carroll at USC). Mangini as well, as he worked for Belicheck.

Dallas could have done the same thing with Jason Garrett, but decided to go with a head coach with a bit more experience, even though his track record in the NFL as a head coach wasn't very good in Wade Phillips.

There is definitely arguments for both sides. If Gibbs is around next year and the team continues with success, I could see keeping the status quo. However, it will be 5 years, and depending on future success, 1 playoff year in 5 isn't very good, and would be time to rock the boat so to speak.