Bye, guys, it's been nice knowing ya !
"He wasn't bringing them along fast enough ..."
Zimmer, Wilson, and Avazzano are keepers. Coslet has to go.
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12/30/2002
IRVING -- The Dave Campo era is officially over in Dallas. After his third 5-11 season, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones fired Campo, the fifth head coach in team history. Jones hasn't named a successor to Campo yet, but sources indicate former Giants, Patriots and Jets coach Bill Parcells is likely to be hired by the end of the week.
"I don't have any regrets," said Campo, who expressed gratitude to former Cowboys head coaches Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Chan Gailey, and especially to his boss Jerry Jones. "The only regret is that I won't be here to finish it off."
In regards to his NFL future, Campo said, "I don't know what I'm going to do. I know this -- I could work for Jerry Jones for a long time."
Campo, the fifth coach in Cowboys history, finished his third consecutive 5-11 campaign with a 20-14 loss to Washington on Sunday, ending the Cowboys' streak of 10 consecutive wins against the Redskins.
Jones hasn't named a successor to Campo yet, but former Giants, Patriots and Jets coach Bill Parcells is considered the frontrunner. Jones and Parcells have met twice in recent weeks, including Friday, when they talked for six hours.
Campo was named coach prior to the 2000 season after Jones fired Chan Gailey, now the head coach at Georgia Tech. Campo had spent the previous 11 seasons as an assistant coach with the Cowboys and was the defensive coordinator for the 1995 team that won Super Bowl XXX.
Campo's first team started the year 3-4, but lost seven of its next nine games to finish 5-11 and fourth in the NFC East. The Cowboys did beat Washington twice that season and Emmitt Smith topped 15,000 career yards. Before the 2001 season began, Campo dealt with questions at quarterback. Troy Aikman announced his retirement after 12 seasons with the Cowboys and Dallas drafted quarterback Quincy Carter from Georgia in the second round. Jones brought in veteran quarterback Tony Banks, but cut him just before the season started in favor of Carter.
The Cowboys started the 2001 campaign with an 0-4 record and never found much success. The team had two four-game losing streaks and finished 5-11 for the second consecutive season.
Campo, Jones and the Cowboys players had high expectations heading into the 2002 season. The Cowboys signed free-agent defensive end La'Roi Glover from New Orleans and had, according to draft experts, a solid draft. The Cowboys got safety Roy Williams in the first round and offensive lineman Andre Gurode and wide receiver Antonio Bryant in the second round.
The Cowboys started 3-3, but faded quickly. Carter was benched after seven games in favor of Chad Hutchinson, who had never thrown an NFL pass. The offensive line suffered injuries in training camp and never got on track. Plus, several of the Cowboys' losses were attributed to controversial Campo decisions.
For Campo, one of the few bright spots from the 2002 season came in October when Smith broke Walter Payton's NFL record for career rushing yards against Seattle at Texas Stadium.
Source: Parcells, Cowboys agree on 4-year deal
12/30/2002
IRVING -- Bill Parcells has agreed to a four-year contract that will pay him roughly $4.5 million per season, and will be announced as the sixth coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday, a source close to Jerry Jones and Parcells said.
The announcement will culminate a coaching search by Jones that began with two games left on the Cowboys' schedule in a meeting between Jones and Parcells on Dec. 18 at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
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Jones said his decision to fire Campo, who had three straight 5-11 seasons, "was not about what Dave was unable to do" but instead about a "change in philosophy." Jones said he was ready to hire a coach with previous NFL head coaching experience. All of Jones' previous hires - Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Chan Gailey and Campo - had no previous NFL coaching experience.
Parcells won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, reached another with the New England Patriots and took the New York Jets to an AFC championship game.
Read more on this story in Tuesday's Dallas Morning News.
