List of Dallas Cowboys head coaches

List of Dallas Cowboys head coaches

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. [cite web | work=Dallas Cowboys' Official Website | url=http://www.dallascowboys.com/history_year.cfm | title=1950 Dallas Cowboys | accessdate=2008-03-15] 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. [cite web | work=NFLTeamHistory.com | url=http://www.nflteamhistory.com/nfl_teams/dallas_cowboys/championship_history.html | title=Dallas Cowboys Championship History | accessdate=2008-03-15] 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). [cite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PhilWa0.htm|title=Wade Phillips' Coaching Record|publisher=Pro Football Reference|accessdate=2008-03-15] Dave Campo is statistically the worst coach the Cowboys have had in terms of winning percentage, with .313. [cite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CampDa0.htm|title=Dave Campo's Coaching Record|publisher=Pro Football Reference|accessdate=2008-03-15]

Of the seven Cowboys coaches, only Tom Landry has been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [cite web | title=Hall of Famers by Franchise | work=Pro Football Hall of Fame Official website | url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.html | accessdate=March 15 | accessyear=2008] The current coach is Wade Phillips, who was hired on February 8, 2007. [cite web | work=ESPN | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2758164 | title=Phillips to coach Cowboys, agrees to three-year deal | accessdate=2008-03-15]

Statistics correct as of January 13, 2008, after the end of the 2007 NFL season.

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