| Important Notes: |
Began his coaching career
as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech in 1965 and then one
year as an assistant at Picayune High School in Mississippi...was
an assistant coach at Wichita State for a year then went to Iowa
State in 1968 to become defensive coordinator...after two years,
he went to Oklahoma as defensive line coach from 1970-72 but
returned to Arkansas in 1973 for four years...was assistant head
coach at Pittsburgh (1977-78) for two years before going to Oklahoma
State as head coach...was the Big Eight Coach of the Year in
his first season at Oklahoma St...coached Miami-FL to national
title in 1987...won 36 consecutive regular season games from
1985 to 1988...hired by old friend and Dallas owner Jerry Jones
to succeed Tom Landry in 1989...went 1-15 in '89, then led the
Cowboys to consecutive Super Bowl victories in 1992 and '93...after
leaving Dallas, Jimmy Johnson served as NFL analyst for FOX sports
and HBO sports for two years before taking over the head coaching
and general manager duties for the Miami Dolphins in 1996...member
of the University of Miami sports Hall of Fame. |
