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Wade Phillips

Harold Wade Phillips
Born: June 21, 1947 in Orange, TX

Coaching Results

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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 11 8 3 0 .727 1
10 yrs 130 78 52 0 .600 4 0 4 .000 2.7 Avg Finish
3 yrs BUF 48 29 19 0 .604 2 0 2 .000 2.7
3 yrs DAL 43 30 13 0 .698 1 0 1 .000 1.7
2 yrs DEN 32 16 16 0 .500 1 0 1 .000 3.5
1 yr ATL 3 2 1 0 .667 0 0 0 4.0
1 yr NOR 4 1 3 0 .250 0 0 0 3.0

Games over .500: 26
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 2

Team's Ranks

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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
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
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
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
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
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 4 18 7 7 4 14 10 19 6 13 2 21 18 10 13 6 4 14 3 31 7 9 5 12 22 25 21 16 27 16
10 yrs %tile 64 54 58 65 66 60 64 55 56 58 56 55 48 61 64 63 60 55 51 45 68 67 59 56 59 45 47 46 43 52
3 yrs BUF 71 64 67 91 75 57 86 87 77 52 50 70 31 58 64 81 69 92 65 44 70 87 63 79 50 69 82 62 39 77
3 yrs DAL 84 45 72 84 82 68 53 35 57 56 78 53 57 79 83 45 85 71 66 34 83 75 72 56 56 32 63 68 38 74
2 yrs DEN 57 45 61 54 84 80 61 59 30 86 29 16 80 86 66 91 63 20 41 46 80 66 71 50 63 27 5 20 43 14
1 yr ATL 31 59 16 6 13 41 41 44 59 81 78 72 16 6 16 22 9 3 9 69 19 13 9 19 94 63 3 9 59 6
1 yr NOR 25 64 21 11 7 29 64 25 36 4 43 82 43 18 50 46 7 18 25 54 39 36 36 32 50 32 21 21 50 29

Full Coaching History

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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