Phillips leaves the Cowboys with a regular season record of 34 wins against 22 losses. He has a (1)_____________________________. Phillips also held coaching positions with the NFL's Buffalo Bills, the Denver Broncos, the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints. Garrett said it was an honor and a privilege to be an assistant to Phillips over the last 3.5 years.
"He's as fine a person as you'll meet in or out of football. I think his track record as a coach, as an assistant coach, as a coordinator and as a head coach in the NFL speaks for itself."
Jason Garrett is the first former Dallas player to be named Cowboys' head coach. The former quarterback is the 7th Cowboys head coach since 1989, when the legendary Tom Landry retired after (2)_____________________________up to that point.
Garrett played the first 7 of 12 NFL seasons in Dallas, where he primarily was a back-up to Cowboys' Super Bowl-winning quarterback Troy Aikmen. He also played on the New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and ended his playing days in 2004 with the Miami Dolphins. Garrett is a graduate of prestigious Princeton University, one of the top universities in the United States.
Garrett's first test as a head coach is this Sunday when the Cowboys go on the road to take on the division-leading New York Giants, who (3)_____________________________.