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In 1998, the Dallas Cowboys were looking for a new head coach to replace Barry Switzer. Switzer took over the team after Jimmy Johnson left and won a Super Bowl title in his second season there. After the 1997 season saw Dallas drop to 6-10, Switzer resigned.
Dallas went with Chan Gailey, the offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1996 and 1997, moving up from wide receiver coach, a position he held since 1994. During his time in Pittsburgh, the Steelers won their division all four years and made one Super Bowl appearance, which they lost to Switzer's Dallas Cowboys.
Gailey took over the slumping Cowboys in 1998. After Switzer's final six win season, Gailey won the NFC East in his first season as Dallas' head coach and made the playoffs both years he served as the Cowboys' head coach. Dallas did not win a playoff game under Gailey and Jerry Jones fired him after his second season.
After Gailey left, Dave Campo took over and the Cowboys suffered through three consecutive five-win seasons. In hindsight, getting rid of Gailey doomed the Dallas Cowboys to mediocrity. Legendary coach Bill Parcells came in for four seasons, followed by Wade Phillips.
Meanwhile, Gailey moved on. He served as the Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator for two seasons before taking the head coaching job at Georgia Tech, where he led the Yellow Jackets to six straight bowl appearances. Gailey continued to prove that teams could win under him and the Kansas City Chiefs gave him a chance to coordinate in the NFL again in 2008.
By 2009, new head coach Todd Haley relieved Gailey of his duties and he left football until the Buffalo Bills called him in 2010.
On Sunday, Nov. 13, Dallas welcomes Chan Gailey and the Buffalo Bills to Texas, where he has Buffalo at a 5-3 record. It is interesting to see him headed back up again as Dallas meets him this week. With the way the Cowboys franchise has struggled over the last decade, it is a curiosity to see what Gailey could have accomplished with the team.
Author Shawn S. Lealos has followed the Dallas Cowboys since he was a child, his favorite players range from Roger Staubach and Tony Dorsett to the Triplets of the 90s. Through the great years of the '90s and the hard times of the '80s, Shawn never turned his back on America's Team.
Source: Dallas Cowboys website
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