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Slumping Cowboys fire coach Phillips
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November 10, 2010, Wednesday
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The Dallas Cowboys fired head coach Wade Phillips on Monday after a five-game losing streak dropped them to 1-7 for the season and all but shattered their hopes of making the playoffs.
The widely anticipated move came after a 45-7 pounding by the Green Bay Packers on Sunday and less than a year after the Cowboys awarded Phillips with a contract extension that was expected to keep him with the team through the 2011 season.
"An in-season coaching change is not something I've done before, something I was reluctant to do as recently as last week," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told a news conference. "But I think what's best for the organization and the fans is a coaching change."
Phillips, in his fourth season as Dallas coach, will be replaced on an interim basis by offensive co-ordinator Jason Garrett. Defensive line coach Paul Pasqualoni will take over as defensive coordinator, a role that Phillips had been filling.
The season has been especially disappointing since Dallas was a preseason favorite to reach the playoffs and had hoped to become the first team to play in its home stadium in the Super Bowl.
Phillips ends his tenure in Dallas with a 35-23 record, having won two NFC East titles and taken the Cowboys to their first playoff victory since 1996. "I am disappointed in the results of this season to this point, but I am also very proud of what our team and our players accomplished in the previous three years," Phillips said in a statement.
The Cowboys' skid was intensified by the loss of starting quarterback Tony Romo, who suffered a broken collarbone during an October 25 loss to the New York Giants.
Dallas' defense has given up at least 35 points in each of the last three defeats.
Garrett becomes the first former Cowboys player to take over the job previously held by the likes of Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells.
The widely anticipated move came after a 45-7 pounding by the Green Bay Packers on Sunday and less than a year after the Cowboys awarded Phillips with a contract extension that was expected to keep him with the team through the 2011 season.
"An in-season coaching change is not something I've done before, something I was reluctant to do as recently as last week," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told a news conference. "But I think what's best for the organization and the fans is a coaching change."
Phillips, in his fourth season as Dallas coach, will be replaced on an interim basis by offensive co-ordinator Jason Garrett. Defensive line coach Paul Pasqualoni will take over as defensive coordinator, a role that Phillips had been filling.
The season has been especially disappointing since Dallas was a preseason favorite to reach the playoffs and had hoped to become the first team to play in its home stadium in the Super Bowl.
Phillips ends his tenure in Dallas with a 35-23 record, having won two NFC East titles and taken the Cowboys to their first playoff victory since 1996. "I am disappointed in the results of this season to this point, but I am also very proud of what our team and our players accomplished in the previous three years," Phillips said in a statement.
The Cowboys' skid was intensified by the loss of starting quarterback Tony Romo, who suffered a broken collarbone during an October 25 loss to the New York Giants.
Dallas' defense has given up at least 35 points in each of the last three defeats.
Garrett becomes the first former Cowboys player to take over the job previously held by the likes of Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells.
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