List of Dallas Cowboys head coaches
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This is a complete list of Dallas Cowboys head coaches. There have been seven head coaches for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). The Cowboys franchise was originally founded in 1960 as an expansion team.[2] The team has earned the most postseason appearances (28, which includes another league record of 54 postseason games, winning 32 of them), the most appearances in the NFC Championship Game (14), and the most Super Bowl appearances (8), two more than any other NFL team.
Three different coaches have won Super Bowls with the team: Tom Landry in Super Bowl VI and XII, Jimmy Johnson in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, and Barry Switzer in Super Bowl XXX.[3] Landry is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Wade Phillips leads all coaches in winning percentage with .813 (with at least one full season coached).[4] Dave Campo is statistically the worst coach the Cowboys have had in terms of winning percentage, with .313.[5]
Of the seven Cowboys coaches, only Tom Landry has been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[6] The current coach is Wade Phillips, who was hired on February 8, 2007.[7]
Statistics correct as of January 13, 2008, after the end of the 2007 NFL season.
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Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Spent entire professional head coaching career with Cowboys
| # | Number of coaches[8] |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| W–L % | Win–Loss percentage |
[edit] Coaches
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| GC | W | L | T | W–L % | GC | W | L | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Tom Landry | 1960–1988 | 418 | 250 | 162 | 6 | .607 | 36 | 20 | 16 | AP Coach of the Year (1966) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1966) UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1966) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1975)[10] |
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| 2 | Jimmy Johnson | 1989–1993 | 80 | 44 | 36 | 0 | .550 | 8 | 7 | 1 | AP Coach of the Year (1990) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1990)[10] |
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| 3 | Barry Switzer | 1994–1997 | 64 | 40 | 24 | 0 | .625 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Chan Gailey | 1998–1999 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .563 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Dave Campo | 2000–2002 | 48 | 15 | 33 | 0 | .313 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 6 | Bill Parcells | 2003–2006 | 64 | 34 | 30 | 0 | .531 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 7 | Wade Phillips | 2007–present | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Tom Landry's Coaching Record. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ 1950 Dallas Cowboys. Dallas Cowboys' Official Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Dallas Cowboys Championship History. NFLTeamHistory.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Wade Phillips' Coaching Record. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Dave Campo's Coaching Record. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Hall of Famers by Franchise. Pro Football Hall of Fame Official website. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
- ^ Phillips to coach Cowboys, agrees to three-year deal. ESPN. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Cowboys. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- ^ Chan Gailey's Coaching Record. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
- ^ a b NFL Coach of the Year Award. Hickok Sports. Retrieved on March 22, 2008.
[edit] References
- Dallas Cowboys History. CBS Sportsline. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
- Hall of Famers by Franchise. Pro Football Hall of Fame Official website. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
- Dallas Cowboys Coaching Records and History. DatabaseFootball.com. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
- Dallas Cowboys History. JT-SW.com. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
- Coaching Roster - Dallas Cowboys. Hickoksports.com. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
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