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List of Dallas Cowboys head coaches

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List of Dallas Cowboys head coaches

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. 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. Landry is the team's all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Switzer leads all coaches in regular season winning percentage with .625. 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. The current coach is Brian Schottenheimer, who replaced Mike McCarthy on January 24, 2025, after the latter's contract expired on January 13.

Tables

· Key
Yrs
Yrs
#
Yrs
Number of coaches
Years coached
First
First
#
First
Number of coaches
First season coached
Last
Last
#
Last
Number of coaches
Last season coached
GC
GC
#
GC
Number of coaches
Games Coached
W
W
#
W
Number of coaches
Wins
L
L
#
L
Number of coaches
Loses
T
T
#
T
Number of coaches
Ties
W%
W%
#
W%
Number of coaches
Win – Loss percentage
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Number of coaches
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach andspent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys
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Number of coaches
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
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#
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Number of coaches
Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys
#
Number of coaches
Yrs
Years coached
First
First season coached
Last
Last season coached
GC
Games Coached
W
Wins
L
Loses
T
Ties
W%
Win – Loss percentage
00*†
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach andspent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys
00†
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
00*
Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys
· Coaches
Last
Last
#
Yrs
Name
Last
Term
GC
Term
W
Term
L
Regular season
T
Regular season
W%
Regular season
GC
Regular season
W
Regular season
L
Playoffs
W%
Tom Landry*†
Tom Landry*†
#
1
Name
Tom Landry*†
Term
29
Term
1960
Term
1988
Regular season
418
Regular season
250
Regular season
162
Regular season
6
Regular season
605
Playoffs
36
Playoffs
20
Playoffs
16
Playoffs
556
Accomplishments
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1990) 2 Super Bowl Championships (VI, XII) 2 Eastern Conference Championships (1966, 1967) 5 NFC Championships (1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978)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)
Jimmy Johnson†
Jimmy Johnson†
#
2
Name
Jimmy Johnson†
Term
5
Term
1989
Term
1993
Regular season
80
Regular season
44
Regular season
36
Regular season
0
Regular season
550
Playoffs
8
Playoffs
7
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
875
Accomplishments
Inducted 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)
Barry Switzer*
Barry Switzer*
#
3
Name
Barry Switzer*
Term
4
Term
1994
Term
1997
Regular season
64
Regular season
40
Regular season
24
Regular season
0
Regular season
625
Playoffs
7
Playoffs
5
Playoffs
2
Playoffs
714
Accomplishments
1 Super Bowl Championship (XXX) 1 NFC Championship (1995)3 NFC East Championships (1994, 1995, 1996)3 Playoff Berths
Chan Gailey
Chan Gailey
#
4
Name
Chan Gailey
Term
2
Term
1998
Term
1999
Regular season
32
Regular season
18
Regular season
14
Regular season
0
Regular season
563
Playoffs
2
Playoffs
0
Playoffs
2
Playoffs
000
Accomplishments
1 NFC East Championship (1998)2 Playoff Berths
Dave Campo*
Dave Campo*
#
5
Name
Dave Campo*
Term
3
Term
2000
Term
2002
Regular season
48
Regular season
15
Regular season
33
Regular season
0
Regular season
313
Playoffs
—
Bill Parcells†
Bill Parcells†
#
6
Name
Bill Parcells†
Term
4
Term
2003
Term
2006
Regular season
64
Regular season
34
Regular season
30
Regular season
0
Regular season
531
Playoffs
2
Playoffs
0
Playoffs
2
Playoffs
000
Accomplishments
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2013)2 Playoff Berths
Wade Phillips
Wade Phillips
#
7
Name
Wade Phillips
Term
4
Term
2007
Term
2010
Regular season
56
Regular season
34
Regular season
22
Regular season
0
Regular season
607
Playoffs
3
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
2
Playoffs
333
Accomplishments
2 NFC East Championships (2007, 2009)2 Playoff Berths
Jason Garrett*
Jason Garrett*
#
8
Name
Jason Garrett*
Term
10
Term
2010
Term
2019
Regular season
152
Regular season
85
Regular season
67
Regular season
0
Regular season
559
Playoffs
5
Playoffs
2
Playoffs
3
Playoffs
400
Accomplishments
3 NFC East Championships (2014, 2016, 2018)3 Playoff Berths 1 AP Coach of the Year Award (2016)
Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy
#
9
Name
Mike McCarthy
Term
5
Term
2020
Term
2024
Regular season
84
Regular season
49
Regular season
35
Regular season
0
Regular season
583
Playoffs
4
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
3
Playoffs
250
Accomplishments
2 NFC East Championships (2021, 2023)3 Playoff Berths
Brian Schottenheimer*
Brian Schottenheimer*
#
10
Name
Brian Schottenheimer*
Term
1
Term
2025
Term
present
Regular season
11
Regular season
5
Regular season
5
Regular season
1
Regular season
500
Playoffs
—
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Image
Name
Term
Regular season
Playoffs
Accomplishments
Ref.
Yrs
First
Last
GC
W
L
T
W%
GC
W
L
W%
1
Tom Landry*†
29
1960
1988
418
250
162
6
605
36
20
16
556
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1990) 2 Super Bowl Championships (VI, XII) 2 Eastern Conference Championships (1966, 1967) 5 NFC Championships (1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978)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)
2
Jimmy Johnson†
5
1989
1993
80
44
36
0
550
8
7
1
875
Inducted 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)
3
Barry Switzer*
4
1994
1997
64
40
24
0
625
7
5
2
714
1 Super Bowl Championship (XXX) 1 NFC Championship (1995)3 NFC East Championships (1994, 1995, 1996)3 Playoff Berths
4
Chan Gailey
2
1998
1999
32
18
14
0
563
2
0
2
000
1 NFC East Championship (1998)2 Playoff Berths
5
Dave Campo*
3
2000
2002
48
15
33
0
313
—
6
Bill Parcells†
4
2003
2006
64
34
30
0
531
2
0
2
000
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2013)2 Playoff Berths
7
Wade Phillips
4
2007
2010
56
34
22
0
607
3
1
2
333
2 NFC East Championships (2007, 2009)2 Playoff Berths
8
Jason Garrett*
10
2010
2019
152
85
67
0
559
5
2
3
400
3 NFC East Championships (2014, 2016, 2018)3 Playoff Berths 1 AP Coach of the Year Award (2016)
9
Mike McCarthy
5
2020
2024
84
49
35
0
583
4
1
3
250
2 NFC East Championships (2021, 2023)3 Playoff Berths
10
Brian Schottenheimer*
1
2025
present
11
5
5
1
500
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References

  1. 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
  2. Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
  3. After a 1–7 start Wade Phillips became the first coach in Cowboys history to be fired during the season. He was replaced
  4. Dallas Cowboys
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080308062403/http://www.dallascowboys.com/history_year.cfm
  5. NFLTeamHistory.com
    http://www.nflteamhistory.com/nfl_teams/dallas_cowboys/championship_history.html
  6. Pro Football Hall of Fame
    http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.aspx
  7. Hickok Sports
    https://archive.today/20121205094433/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml
  8. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/LandTo0.htm
  9. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JohnJi0.htm
  10. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SwitBa0.htm
  11. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GailCh0.htm
  12. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CampDa0.htm
  13. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ParcBi0.htm
  14. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PhilWa0.htm
  15. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GarrJa0.htm
  16. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/McCaMi0.htm
  17. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SchoBr0.htm
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