Chan Gailey was on the Pittsburgh Steelers staff from 1994 to 1997 when the Steelers won four straight AFC Central titles and coached in one Super Bowl.
33 Facts About Chan Gailey
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Chan Gailey held his first professional head coach position in 1998, when he became the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and led the Cowboys to playoff appearances in each of his 2 seasons in Dallas.
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Chan Gailey served as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008 and three games of the 2009 preseason.
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In 2020, Chan Gailey came out of retirement to again serve as the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins, where he would last for only a season before resigning on January 6,2021.
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Chan Gailey attended Americus High School in Americus, Georgia, where he earned Eagle Scout honors, and a letterman in high school football, basketball, baseball, and golf.
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Chan Gailey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a three-year letterman for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team as a quarterback from 1971 to 1973.
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Chan Gailey graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1974.
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Chan Gailey stayed with Florida as a graduate assistant for two years before taking his first actual coaching job as the secondary coach for the Troy Trojans of Troy University in Troy, Alabama.
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In 1983, Chan Gailey made his way back to Troy, taking over the head coaching duties at Troy University.
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Chan Gailey moved to the NFL the next year, when the Denver Broncos signed him as an offensive assistant and special teams coach.
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In 1991, Chan Gailey left the NFL to become the head coach of the Birmingham Fire of the World League of American Football, where the team made the playoffs in both years that he was coach.
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On February 13,1998, Chan Gailey was hired to take over a struggling Dallas Cowboys squad, one that had faltered under Barry Switzer during his last season.
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Notably in the leadup to the season, Chan Gailey expressed his opinion to the Cowboys to not draft Randy Moss in the 1998 NFL draft due to perceived off-field issues.
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Chan Gailey's Cowboys won the NFC East in 1998, winning all eight games against teams in their division.
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Chan Gailey was fired on January 12,2000, three days after the season ended for Dallas with three years remaining on his contract.
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Chan Gailey is the only Cowboys coach to have never missed the playoffs with his team.
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Chan Gailey is sometimes referred to by fans as "the forgotten coach" of Dallas.
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Chan Gailey returned to the offensive coordinator role, this time with the Miami Dolphins for the 2000 and 2001 seasons.
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Chan Gailey was hired by the Yellow Jackets in 2002 to replace George O'Leary, who left to become head coach at the University of Notre Dame.
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Georgia Tech went to bowl games each year under Chan Gailey, and won two: the 2003 Humanitarian Bowl, and the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl.
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Chan Gailey compiled six winning seasons in six years at the helm.
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Chan Gailey's name was mentioned for both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins head-coaching jobs following the 2006 season, two teams for which he was offensive coordinator.
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On January 19,2007, Chan Gailey announced he would return to Georgia Tech.
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Chan Gailey was hired on January 16,2008, to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Chan Gailey inherited a Chiefs offense that ranked at the bottom of the league in almost every category the previous season.
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Chan Gailey was demoted after three pre-season games in 2009 and relieved of play-calling duties by head coach Todd Haley.
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Chan Gailey was introduced as the 15th head coach of the Buffalo Bills on January 19,2010, replacing interim head coach Perry Fewell and becoming their fifth head coach in 10 years.
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On December 31,2012, Chan Gailey was relieved of his duties as the Bills' head coach.
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Chan Gailey was named offensive coordinator by the New York Jets on January 20,2015, under new head coach Todd Bowles.
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Chan Gailey was reunited with former Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
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On January 20,2020, Chan Gailey was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their offensive coordinator under head coach Brian Flores, Chan Gailey's first time in Miami in 19 years.
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Chan Gailey was again reunited with former Bills and Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, whom Chan Gailey served as head coach of the Bills from 2010 to 2012, and as offensive coordinator for the Jets from 2015 to 2016.
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On January 6,2021, Chan Gailey resigned from the offensive coordinator position.