Football: Wilson to coach Cowboys QBs
Associated Press
IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys on Thursday hired Wade Wilson to coach quarterbacks and Bruce Read to run special teams on Wade Phillips' staff.
Wilson spent the last three seasons coaching the Chicago's quarterbacks, including the embattled Rex Grossman during the Bears' recent Super Bowl run. He was a quarterbacks coach for the Cowboys from 2000-02.
Wilson, who played college football at East Texas State (now Texas A&M-Commerce), spent 19 seasons as an NFL quarterback, including three with the Cowboys.
Dallas owner Jerry Jones said he expects Wilson and new offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, another former Cowboys quarterback, to be the tutors of promising young signal-caller Tony Romo.
"We think that this is the best possible scenario for Tony," Jones said.
Read spent the past three years as special teams coach at Oregon State. The Cowboys are his third NFL stop. He also coached special teams at San Diego from 1999-2001 and for the New York Giants in 2002-03. He replaces Bruce DeHaven, who left after last season to coach special teams for Seattle.
Dallas ranked second in kickoff coverage last season and had a Pro Bowl punter in Mat McBriar. But the Cowboys' most notorious special teams moment came during a 21-20 loss to the Seahawks in the NFC playoffs, when Romo mishandled the snap on a 19-yard field goal that might have won the game.
IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys on Thursday hired Wade Wilson to coach quarterbacks and Bruce Read to run special teams on Wade Phillips' staff.
Wilson spent the last three seasons coaching the Chicago's quarterbacks, including the embattled Rex Grossman during the Bears' recent Super Bowl run. He was a quarterbacks coach for the Cowboys from 2000-02.
Wilson, who played college football at East Texas State (now Texas A&M-Commerce), spent 19 seasons as an NFL quarterback, including three with the Cowboys.
Dallas owner Jerry Jones said he expects Wilson and new offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, another former Cowboys quarterback, to be the tutors of promising young signal-caller Tony Romo.
"We think that this is the best possible scenario for Tony," Jones said.
Read spent the past three years as special teams coach at Oregon State. The Cowboys are his third NFL stop. He also coached special teams at San Diego from 1999-2001 and for the New York Giants in 2002-03. He replaces Bruce DeHaven, who left after last season to coach special teams for Seattle.
Dallas ranked second in kickoff coverage last season and had a Pro Bowl punter in Mat McBriar. But the Cowboys' most notorious special teams moment came during a 21-20 loss to the Seahawks in the NFC playoffs, when Romo mishandled the snap on a 19-yard field goal that might have won the game.
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