Wade PhillipsCorrection:Wade Phillips was fired as the Cowboys head coach on Nov. 8, 2010. Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has been named their interim head coach.
New Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wanted to bring in the University of Miami's Jimmy Johnson as his head coach.
Bill Parcells was in his second season as the Dallas Cowboys' head coach when team quarterback Carter was dismissed from the team during the 2004 preseason.
Tom Landry was fired by Jerry Jones after 29 Seasons loyal years of coaching the DAllas Cowboys from 1960 to 1989. RIP Tom.
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.
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Landry was replaced as Cowboys head coach in February 1989.
Jones' intention from the start was to hire his 1960s University of Arkansas football teammate, Jimmy Johnson, as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Otherwise, he would not have bought the team. The move proved to be a fruitful one. Johnson, who had won a national title as head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes, rebuilt the Cowboys into a powerhouse that won three Super Bowls in four seasons.
When Bill Parcells stepped down as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in early 2007, owner Jerry Jones decided to hire a replacement who could work with the 3-4 defense that Parcells had installed. Wade Phillips won the Dallas job because he had dealt with the 3-4 during his many years as an NFL head coach and defensive coordinator.
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
He was fired by new owner Jerry Jones in February 1989.
Gary Moeller was apparently fired for a fight in a restaurant in the 1990s.