The New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys are two of the most historic teams in the NFL. The teams also have a link. Tom Landry played for the New York Giants before he became the legendary head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
Tom Landry
Tom Landry.
Tom Landry was the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants between 1956-1959. He took over as head coach of the expansion Dallas Cowboys in 1960.
Tom Landry was a player and defensive coach for the New York Giants before he joined the Cowboys as head coach in 1960. Also, Dallas interim head coach Jason Garrett was a quarterback for the Giants from 2000 to 2003.
Tom Landry was the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants between 1956-1959 before he took over as the Cowboys head coach in 1960.
New York Giants
No. Landry became the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants in 1956, the season after he retired from the NFL. He stayed in that position for 4 seasons before becoming head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in 1960.
John Cooper coached the Buckeyes before Jim Tressel.
Tom Coughlin has coached at several places in several capacities. He coached for the Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Boston College, Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, and Jacksonville Jaguars. He was the New York Giants' wide receivers coach from 1988-1990 and returned to the Giants as head coach in 2004.
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The most famous Cowboys player to wear No. 41 before Terence Newman was defensive back Charlie Waters, who had it from 1979 to 1981.
He has been an assistant in Baltimore, Detroit, Denver, the NY Giants and Jets, and new England before becoming New England's head coach.