List of Dallas Cowboys head coaches explained

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in Frisco, Texas. Their stadium is located in Arlington, Texas. They are members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Cowboys franchise was founded in 1960 as an expansion team.[1] The team played their games in the Cotton Bowl from 1960 to 1970, then in Texas Stadium from 1971 to 2008, and AT&T Stadium from 2009 to present.

There have been nine head coaches for the Dallas Cowboys. Three 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.[2] Landry is the team's all-time leader in games coached and wins, and McCarthy leads all coaches in regular season winning percentage with .627. Dave Campo is the only Cowboys coach with a losing record (.313), and is also the only coach in franchise history to have never posted a winning season. The team's first coach, Tom Landry, has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[3] The most recent coach (before the current) was Jason Garrett who replaced Wade Phillips on November 8, 2010.[4] The current coach is Mike McCarthy, who replaced Jason Garrett on January 6, 2020.[5]

Key

Number of coaches[6]
YrsYears coached
FirstFirst season coached
LastLast season coached
GCGames Coached
WWins
LLoses
TTies
W%Win – Loss percentage
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach and
spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player-->
Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through end of the 2023 NFL season.

ImageNameTerm[7] Regular seasonPlayoffsAccomplishmentsRef.
YrsFirstLastGCWLTW%GCWL
1
29196019884182501626362016Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1990)
2 Super Bowl Championships (VI, XII)
5 NFC Championships (1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978)
1 NFL Eastern Championship (1966)
12 NFC East Championships (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985)
18 Playoff Berths
1 AP Coach of the Year Award (1966)
1 Sporting News Coach of the Year Award (1966)
1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Award (1966)
1 UPI NFC Coach of the Year Award (1975)[8]
[9]
25198919938044360871Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2020)
2 Super Bowl Championships (XXVII, XXVIII)
2 NFC Championships (1992, 1993)
2 NFC East Championships (1992, 1993)
3 Playoff Berths
1 AP Coach of the Year Award (1990)
1 UPI NFC Coach of the Year Award (1990)
[10]
34199419976440240752 1 Super Bowl Championship (XXX)
1 NFC Championship (1995)
3 NFC East Championships (1994, 1995, 1996)
3 Playoff Berths
[11]
421998199932181402021 NFC East Championship (1998)
2 Playoff Berths
[12]
5320024815330[13]
64200320066434300202Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2013)
2 Playoff Berths
[14]
742007201056342203122 NFC East Championships (2007, 2009)
2 Playoff Berths
[15]
81020102019152856705233 NFC East Championships (2014, 2016, 2018)
3 Playoff Berths
1 AP Coach of the Year Award (2016)

[16]
942020 — present6742250.6274132 NFC East Championships (2021, 2023)
3 Playoff Berths
[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . 1950 Dallas Cowboys . March 15, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080308062403/http://www.dallascowboys.com/history_year.cfm . March 8, 2008.
  2. Web site: NFLTeamHistory.com . Dallas Cowboys Championship History . March 15, 2008.
  3. Web site: Hall of Famers by Franchise . . March 15, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Washington Post . Wade Phillips fired by Cowboys after 3 1/2 seasons as coach. November 8, 2010.
  5. Web site: Mike McCarthy Officially Hired As Head Coach. January 7, 2020. Rob. Phillips. DallasCowboys.com.
  6. A running total of the number of coaches of the Cowboys. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.
  7. Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
  8. Web site: NFL Coach of the Year Award . Hickok Sports . March 22, 2008 . dead . https://archive.today/20121205094433/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml . December 5, 2012 .
  9. Web site: Tom Landry Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 14, 2011.
  10. Web site: Jimmy Johnson Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 14, 2011.
  11. Web site: Barry Switzer Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 14, 2011.
  12. Web site: Chan Gailey Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 5, 2013.
  13. Web site: Dave Campo Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 14, 2011.
  14. Web site: Bill Parcells Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 14, 2011.
  15. Web site: Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 4, 2014.
  16. Web site: Jason Garrett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. February 4, 2020.
  17. Web site: Mike McCarthy Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks . Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. January 15, 2024.