Dallas Cowboys: Ranking the Coaches of ‘America’s Team’

Jul 21, 2013; Oxnard, CA, USA; Statue of Dallas Cowboys former coach Tom Landry at training camp at the River Ridge Fields. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The Dallas Cowboys have had some of the greatest coaches in the history of pro football roam their sidelines and lead their team to the playoffs and even Super Bowl championships.

On the other hand, though, they’ve had some clunkers lead the team to some of their worst seasons in franchise history, coaches who just didn’t pan put or those who were unable to help fill roster needs once the old guard headed to pasture.

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Even with some of the bad times, the Cowboys have been lucky in terms of their head coaching situation for the history of the franchise.

In the entire history of the Cowboys, there have been only eight men who have held that title, two being Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, and two others who had success not only with the Cowboys tenure, but are enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, with one possibly becoming a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame one day.

As for who those coaches are, here is a list of those eight men who have held possibly the most stressful job in the NFL, that being the head coach of America’s Team:

• Tom Landry (1960-88)

• Jimmy Johnson (1989-93)

• Barry Switzer (1994-97)

• Chan Gailey (1998-99)

• Dave Campo (2000-02)

• Bill Parcells (2003-06)

• Wade Phillips (2007-10)

• Jason Garrett (2010-present)

Now, the question is: how do these men rank in terms of being the best of these coaches? Though it is no deep dark secret who the greatest coach in the history of the franchise is (spoiler alert: he wore a fedora), who is the best of the rest?

In the ensuing rankings, we’ll see who was the worst of this group, the best and why each coach is placed where they are on the list.

Don’t agree? Give us your rankings, because a good football debate is always welcome.

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