Harold Wade Phillips was born on June 21,1947 and is an American football coach who is currently the head coach of the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL.
28 Facts About Wade Phillips
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Wade Phillips has served as head coach of the Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, and Dallas Cowboys.
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Wade Phillips has served as interim head coach for the New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, and the Houston Texans.
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Wade Phillips's career winning percentage as a head coach is.
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Additionally, Phillips has long been considered to be among the best defensive coordinators in the NFL.
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Multiple players under Wade Phillips' system have won Defensive Player of the Year: Reggie White, Bryce Paup, Bruce Smith, JJ Watt and Aaron Donald.
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Wade Phillips held the school record for career assisted tackles until 2011 when the record was broken by Marcus McGraw.
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Wade Phillips began his coaching career as a graduate assistant to Bill Yeoman at the University of Houston in 1969.
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Wade Phillips then coached the linebackers at Oklahoma State University from 1973 to 1974, under his father, Bum Phillips, who was OSU defensive coordinator at that time.
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In 1975, Wade Phillips coached the defensive line at the University of Kansas under head coach Bud Moore.
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Wade Phillips began his professional coaching career with the Houston Oilers, head-coached by his father.
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Wade Phillips served as the linebackers coach in 1976, and the defensive line coach from 1977 to 1980.
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Wade Phillips remained on his father's staff as the pair headed for New Orleans.
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Bud stepped down as head coach of a struggling Saints team in late 1985, and Wade Phillips stepped in as interim head coach.
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Wade Phillips spent the next three years as the defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles under Buddy Ryan.
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Wade Phillips then spent four seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos.
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Wade Phillips replaced Dan Reeves as head coach for the Broncos in 1993, but was fired after a mediocre 1994 season in which management felt he lost control of the team.
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Wade Phillips spent two seasons as the Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator under Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy.
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Wade Phillips always kept the team competitive and in the playoff hunt.
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On February 8,2007, Wade Phillips was named the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, replacing the retired Bill Parcells.
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Wade Phillips was chosen after Jerry Jones interviewed 10 potential replacements, including former Cowboys and former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Norv Turner, former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera and former Cowboys quarterback Jason Garrett.
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Wade Phillips called defensive plays for the final 10 games of the 2008 season after Stewart was stripped of the responsibilities.
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On January 5,2011, Wade Phillips was hired as the defensive coordinator of the Houston Texans, replacing Frank Bush, who was released by Texans owner Bob McNair.
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In Kubiak's absence, Wade Phillips was given the head coaching duties as the acting head coach for the remainder of the game.
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Once again, Wade Phillips served as interim head coach for the Texans until the end of the season, when former Penn State head coach and New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien was hired as the new head coach.
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When Wade Phillips was dismissed by Houston, this ended a continuous run where he had coached football at the high school, college, and NFL levels.
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On January 28,2015, Wade Phillips reunited with Gary Kubiak, joining the latter's staff as the defensive coordinator on the Denver Broncos.
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In Super Bowl LIII, Wade Phillips' defense was credited with keeping the New England Patriots and Tom Brady out of the end zone until the fourth quarter, as the Rams only trailed by a field goal for the first three quarters despite the Patriots' offense having the majority of possession.