Wade Phillips

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Wade Phillips
Date of birth	June 21, 1947 (age 59)
Place of birth	Orange, Texas
Position(s)	Head Coach
College	Houston
Career Record	48-42-0
Coaching Stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1976-1980 1981-1985 1985 1986-1988 1989-1992 1993-1994 1995-1997 1998-2000 2002-2003 2003 2004-2006 2007-present	Houston Oilers (defensive line coach) New Orleans Saints (defensive coordinator) New Orleans Saints (interim head coach) Philadelphia Eagles (defensive coordinator) Denver Broncos (defensive coordinator) Denver Broncos (head coach) Buffalo Bills (defensive coordinator) Buffalo Bills (head coach) Atlanta Falcons (defensive coordinator) Atlanta Falcons (interim head coach) San Diego Chargers (defensive coordinator) Dallas Cowboys (head coach)

Wade Phillips (born June 21, 1947 in Orange, Texas) is the current head coach for the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys. He is also a former head coach of the New Orleans Saints, where his record was 1-3, the Denver Broncos, where his record was 16-17, the Buffalo Bills, where he was 29-21 and led the Bills to the playoffs in 2 out of 3 seasons, and the Atlanta Falcons where he posted a 2-1 mark. His career winning percentage as a head coach is .533. He is considered one of the great defensive minds in football, and served as defensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers for the last three seasons.^[1] Wade is the son of former NFL coach Bum Phillips.

[edit] College Years

Phillips attended the University of Houston and was a three-year starter at linebacker.

[edit] Coaching Career

Phillips began his coaching career in Houston as the defensive line coach for the team coached by his father. He remained on his father's staff as the pair headed for New Orleans. Bum was fired as head coach of a struggling Saints team in late 1985, and Wade stepped in as interim head coach. He spent the next three years as the defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles and then four more in the same position for the Denver Broncos. Phillips replaced Dan Reeves as head coach for the Broncos in 1993, but was fired after a mediocre 1994 season in which management felt he lost control of the team (although many felt he was just a placeholder while Broncos owner Pat Bowlen attempted to secure the services of then San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan).

The most successful coaching stop for Phillips was at Buffalo. He always kept the team competitive and in the playoff hunt. A loss to the Titans in the 1999 playoffs haunted Phillips for the rest of his time at Buffalo. In this same season he caused a controversy when he inserted Rob Johnson as starting quarterback after Doug Flutie led the team to the playoffs.

He has the distinction of having been replaced by a father and a son from two head coaching positions – by Jim Mora at the New Orleans Saints and by Jim Mora Jr. at the Atlanta Falcons. He also has twice replaced Dan Reeves as a head coach.

On February 8, 2007, he was named the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys replacing the retired Bill Parcells. He was chosen after Jerry Jones interviewed 10 potential replacements, including former Cowboys and former San Francisco 49ers Offensive Coordinator Norv Turner, Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera and former Cowboys quarterback Jason Garrett.

Wade is the father of model and entertainer daughter Tracy Phillips and son Wes Phillips, who is currently following in his footsteps in football.

[edit] References

1. ^ Chronology 2000 -. San Diego Chargers. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.

Preceded by Bum Phillips	New Orleans Saints Head Coaches 1985 (interim)	Succeeded by Jim E. Mora
Preceded by Dan Reeves	Denver Broncos Head Coaches 1993–1994	Succeeded by Mike Shanahan
Preceded by Marv Levy	Buffalo Bills Head Coaches 1998–2000	Succeeded by Gregg Williams
Preceded by Dan Reeves	Atlanta Falcons Head Coaches 2003 (interim)	Succeeded by Jim L. Mora
Preceded by Bill Parcells	Dallas Cowboys Head Coach 2007-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Dallas Cowboys Head Coaches
Landry • Johnson • Switzer • Gailey • Campo • Parcells • W. Phillips

Atlanta Falcons Head Coaches
Hecker • Van Brocklin • Campbell • Peppler • Bennett • Henning • Campbell • Hanifan • Glanville • Jones • Reeves • W. Phillips • J.L. Mora • Petrino

Buffalo Bills Head Coaches
Ramsey • Saban • Collier • Johnson • Rauch • Johnson • Saban • Ringo • Knox • Stephenson • Bullough • Levy • W. Phillips • Williams • Mularkey • Jauron

Denver Broncos Head Coaches
Filchock • Faulkner • Speedie • Malavasi • Saban • Smith • Ralston • Miller • Reeves • W. Phillips • Shanahan

New Orleans Saints Head Coaches
Fears • Roberts • North • Hefferle • Stram • D. Nolan • Stanfel • B. Phillips • W. Phillips • J.E. Mora • Venturi • Ditka • Haslett • Payton

Current Head Coaches of the National Football League
American Football Conference
East	North	South	West
Jauron (Buffalo)	Billick (Baltimore)	Kubiak (Houston)	Shanahan (Denver)
Cameron (Miami)	Lewis (Cincinnati)	Dungy (Indianapolis)	Edwards (Kansas City)
Belichick (New England)	Crennel (Cleveland)	Del Rio (Jacksonville)	Kiffin (Oakland)
Mangini (NY Jets)	Tomlin (Pittsburgh)	Fisher (Tennessee)	Turner (San Diego)
National Football Conference
East	North	South	West
Phillips (Dallas)	Smith (Chicago)	Petrino (Atlanta)	Whisenhunt (Arizona)
Coughlin (NY Giants)	Marinelli (Detroit)	Fox (Carolina)	Linehan (St. Louis)
Reid (Philadelphia)	McCarthy (Green Bay)	Payton (New Orleans)	Nolan (San Francisco)
Gibbs (Washington)	Childress (Minnesota)	Gruden (Tampa Bay)	Holmgren (Seattle)