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Wade Phillips

Harold Wade Phillips

Born: June 21, 1947 in Orange, TX
College: Houston

Coaching Results

Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
1985 38 New Orleans Saints NFL 4 1 3 0 .250 3
1993 46 Denver Broncos NFL 16 9 7 0 .563 1 0 1 .000 3
1994 47 Denver Broncos NFL 16 7 9 0 .438 4
1998 51 Buffalo Bills NFL 16 10 6 0 .625 1 0 1 .000 2
1999 52 Buffalo Bills NFL 16 11 5 0 .688 1 0 1 .000 2
2000 53 Buffalo Bills NFL 16 8 8 0 .500 4
2003 56 Atlanta Falcons NFL 3 2 1 0 .667 4
2007 60 Dallas Cowboys NFL 16 13 3 0 .813 1 0 1 .000 1
2008 61 Dallas Cowboys NFL 16 9 7 0 .563 3
2009 62 Dallas Cowboys NFL 16 11 5 0 .688 2 1 1 .500 1
2010 63 Dallas Cowboys NFL 8 1 7 0 .125 3 Fired after Week 9
30 yrs 143 82 61 0 .573 6 1 5 .167 2.5 Avg Finish
6 yrs BUF 48 29 19 0 .604 2 0 2 .000 2.5
6 yrs DEN 32 16 16 0 .500 1 0 1 .000 2.8
5 yrs NOR 4 1 3 0 .250 0 0 0 3.0
4 yrs DAL 56 34 22 0 .607 3 1 2 .333 2.0
3 yrs PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
3 yrs SDG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
2 yrs ATL 3 2 1 0 .667 0 0 0 3.3
1 yr HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0

Games over .500: 21
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 2

Team's Ranks

Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.
Overall Offense Rushing Off Passing Off Defense Rushing Def Passing Def
Year Tm Tms WL% T/G Pts± Yds± Yds Pts GvA Att Yds TD Y/A FL Att Yds TD Int NY/A Yds Pts TkA Att Yds TD Y/A FR Att Yds TD Int nY/A
1981 NOR 28 26 22 27 23 25 28 23 10 7 13 8 17 24 28 28 23 24 11 24 21 12 11 17 10 14 5 20 23 21 26
1982 NOR 28 15 19 21 13 20 26 17 2 6 13 14 14 25 25 23 18 20 5 8 14 7 10 12 13 3 3 8 13 24 16
1983 NOR 28 13 20 16 10 23 17 20 4 6 5 13 23 25 26 25 20 25 2 12 13 8 11 5 19 17 14 1 9 12 1
1984 NOR 28 17 28 22 15 20 20 22 7 8 26 10 5 23 24 13 25 24 4 19 28 25 26 14 25 27 1 1 16 25 4
1985 NOR 28 22 11 23 26 27 21 11 22 19 28 17 6 17 24 15 16 27 24 22 14 18 19 19 20 15 20 23 23 15 21
1986 PHI 28 20 7 22 25 25 24 3 10 9 25 12 2 17 26 16 7 28 17 12 14 7 19 15 24 20 17 14 11 9 10
1987 PHI 28 15 2 20 17 10 12 14 8 9 17 15 20 4 14 6 6 25 23 25 1 5 9 20 13 1 28 28 26 10 13
1988 PHI 28 5 2 7 19 10 5 1 19 17 8 8 2 4 8 6 7 22 27 14 2 11 6 6 3 22 28 28 20 2 26
1989 DEN 28 3 3 2 7 15 8 9 3 6 10 18 5 22 23 12 15 16 3 1 2 6 6 7 7 2 11 3 1 9 3
1990 DEN 28 23 24 19 16 8 16 13 12 14 4 13 10 9 7 21 13 16 20 23 25 17 17 20 19 13 13 21 19 26 23
1991 DEN 28 3 6 7 8 12 12 6 4 8 7 13 7 24 17 20 4 15 5 3 11 9 19 5 27 24 8 3 1 4 4
1992 DEN 28 15 25 19 24 21 22 27 21 25 13 21 14 17 16 16 28 18 22 19 18 24 23 9 15 7 10 18 21 21 18
1993 DEN 28 9 11 4 9 5 3 8 9 18 7 18 24 8 4 3 3 6 19 10 12 3 4 1 5 16 23 27 20 12 22
1994 DEN 28 17 22 20 19 6 10 16 16 23 3 24 25 5 6 18 4 17 28 25 20 10 17 17 25 7 20 28 27 22 28
1995 BUF 30 6 11 13 16 20 13 8 1 6 19 18 9 25 21 13 8 17 13 12 21 20 11 25 7 23 22 16 1 12 7
1996 BUF 30 6 25 7 9 16 15 26 1 8 10 27 14 25 17 20 28 11 9 6 18 23 14 14 1 7 26 8 2 21 3
1997 BUF 30 22 28 28 16 25 29 28 23 14 16 9 26 11 25 26 29 30 9 23 26 23 15 10 6 28 9 12 8 15 11
1998 BUF 30 8 3 8 6 6 7 3 1 3 11 12 3 28 12 6 8 7 6 15 11 3 5 11 15 11 18 14 25 15 11
1999 BUF 31 5 23 3 2 11 16 9 2 8 15 19 11 24 19 15 11 11 1 2 28 9 4 10 3 25 7 1 2 26 3
2000 BUF 31 17 10 22 3 9 20 4 12 13 21 18 17 14 11 15 1 14 3 18 16 19 6 16 4 13 6 4 11 18 10
2002 ATL 32 10 5 4 16 14 5 11 2 4 4 9 22 25 23 24 7 10 19 8 2 17 23 6 28 8 8 16 18 3 17
2003 ATL 32 23 14 28 31 29 20 20 19 14 7 8 10 28 31 28 26 30 32 30 11 27 29 30 27 3 13 32 30 14 31
2004 SDG 32 4 3 3 13 10 3 3 4 6 2 16 8 28 16 5 1 6 18 11 8 1 3 21 6 22 32 31 11 3 22
2005 SDG 32 14 25 7 6 10 5 17 12 9 4 6 14 13 12 4 17 9 13 13 27 3 1 18 3 23 28 28 17 26 18
2006 SDG 32 1 3 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 4 2 25 16 8 2 6 10 7 15 3 7 15 20 14 27 13 12 17 3
2007 DAL 32 2 8 4 4 3 2 7 21 17 10 10 1 18 4 2 21 2 9 13 15 5 6 17 13 18 29 13 8 6 7
2008 DAL 32 12 30 19 7 13 18 31 25 21 22 12 26 8 9 4 29 11 8 20 20 7 12 8 20 5 14 5 10 30 5
2009 DAL 32 5 13 8 2 2 14 4 17 7 15 2 11 13 6 13 3 5 9 2 27 2 4 4 9 17 26 20 10 26 10
2010 DAL 32 20 13 21 12 7 7 20 15 16 21 15 17 9 6 7 20 7 23 31 8 7 12 12 18 17 20 26 31 7 28
2011 HOU 32 7 7 6 3 13 10 6 1 2 3 8 22 30 18 18 3 8 2 4 12 4 4 3 11 14 16 3 6 13 2
30 yrs %tile 60 56 54 57 53 55 59 67 65 61 59 61 41 45 53 57 47 56 52 52 63 61 58 55 56 48 49 52 52 55
6 yrs BUF 68 48 59 74 55 48 60 81 75 53 47 59 33 46 51 56 54 81 61 37 50 73 56 83 45 55 73 76 45 79
6 yrs DEN 62 49 61 54 64 61 57 65 48 77 40 53 53 60 50 64 51 46 55 51 62 52 68 45 63 53 44 51 48 45
5 yrs NOR 35 38 25 36 19 24 42 64 65 36 57 61 26 14 33 33 16 62 40 42 51 46 52 40 49 66 58 40 37 51
4 yrs DAL 73 53 63 84 84 71 55 42 55 50 73 60 66 84 83 46 84 65 52 48 87 77 71 56 59 34 53 57 49 64
3 yrs PHI 56 90 45 31 50 55 82 60 62 44 62 75 74 46 70 80 14 24 43 83 76 63 55 56 52 17 20 36 79 45
3 yrs SDG 83 71 92 81 78 94 81 84 85 96 76 78 34 57 85 82 81 60 71 51 96 92 47 73 42 13 28 61 55 58
2 yrs ATL 45 69 41 22 28 56 50 61 70 84 77 59 19 15 20 42 30 17 32 78 29 19 34 18 89 68 20 22 71 21
1 yr HOU 81 81 84 94 63 72 84 100 97 94 78 34 9 47 47 94 78 97 91 66 91 91 94 69 59 53 94 84 63 97

Full Coaching History

Year Age Level Employer Role
1969 22 College University of Houston Graduate Assistant
1970 23 High School Stark High School (Orange, Texas) Defensive Coordinator
1971 24 High School Stark High School (Orange, Texas) Defensive Coordinator
1972 25 High School Stark High School (Orange, Texas) Defensive Coordinator
1973 26 College Oklahoma State Linebackers
1974 27 College Oklahoma State Linebackers
1975 28 College University of Kansas Defensive Line
1976 29 NFL Houston Oilers Linebackers
1977 30 NFL Houston Oilers Defensive Line
1978 31 NFL Houston Oilers Defensive Line
1979 32 NFL Houston Oilers Defensive Line
1980 33 NFL Houston Oilers Defensive Line
1981 34 NFL New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator
1982 35 NFL New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator
1983 36 NFL New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator
1984 37 NFL New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator
1985 38 NFL New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator
1986 39 NFL Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Coordinator
1987 40 NFL Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Coordinator
1988 41 NFL Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Coordinator
1989 42 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1990 43 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1991 44 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1992 45 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1993 46 NFL Denver Broncos Head Coach
1994 47 NFL Denver Broncos Head Coach
1995 48 NFL Buffalo Bills Defensive Coordinator
1996 49 NFL Buffalo Bills Defensive Coordinator
1997 50 NFL Buffalo Bills Defensive Coordinator
1998 51 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
1999 52 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
2000 53 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
2002 55 NFL Atlanta Falcons Defensive Coordinator
2003 56 NFL Atlanta Falcons Defensive Coordinator/Interim Head Coach
2004 57 NFL San Diego Chargers Defensive Coordinator
2005 58 NFL San Diego Chargers Defensive Coordinator
2006 59 NFL San Diego Chargers Defensive Coordinator
2007 60 NFL Dallas Cowboys Head Coach
2008 61 NFL Dallas Cowboys Head Coach
2009 62 NFL Dallas Cowboys Head Coach
2010 63 NFL Dallas Cowboys Head Coach
2011 64 NFL Houston Texans Defensive Coordinator

Worked For

NFL head coaches this coach worked under in his career.
Name Role
Gary Kubiak Defensive Coordinator
Marv Levy Defensive Coordinator
Bum Phillips Defensive Line, Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers
Dan Reeves Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Coordinator/Interim Head Coach
Buddy Ryan Defensive Coordinator
Marty Schottenheimer Defensive Coordinator

Employed

NFL head coaches who worked under this coach.
Name Role
Dave Campo Secondary
Jim Fassel Offensive Coordinator
Jason Garrett Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Coordinator
Tony Sparano Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line