Tom Landry was fired on February 25, 1989 and the draft was conducted on April 23rd; therefore Jimmie Johnson was coach when Troy Aikman was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys
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jimmy Johnson doesn*t own the cowboys
No, he does not. Jimmie Johnson has two younger brothers.
Vince Lombardi coached the Green Bay Packers and Hank Stram coached the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl (which at the time was called the NFL/AFL World Championship Game).
Jimmy Johnson's final season as head coach of the Dolphins was 1999. He was replaced in 2000 by Dave Wannestadt.
Legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry was fired in February 1989 by the Cowboys' new owner, Jerry Jones, who named University of Miami coach Jimmy Johnson to succeed him. Although the firing was a shock, there is no record that Jones announced it on TV instead of telling Landry first. JERRY JONES HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF A SCORE OF 'F' ON THE HANDLING OF BUYING THE COWBOYS AND THE SITUATION WITH TOM LAUNDRY.