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{{Short description|American football coach (born 1952)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|1|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gainesville, Georgia]], U.S.
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| high_school = [[Americus High School|Americus]] ([[Americus, Georgia]])
| college = [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| pastcoaching = 
* [[Florida Gators football|Florida]] (1974–1975)<br>Graduate assistant
* [[Troy Trojans football|Troy State]] (1976–1978)<br>Defensive backs coach
* [[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force]] (1979–1980)<br>Defensive backs coach
* Air Force (1981–1982)<br>Defensive coordinator
* Troy State (1983–1984)<br>Head coach
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{nfly|1985}}–{{nfly|1986}})<br>Tight ends coach and special teams coach
* Denver Broncos ({{nfly|1987}})<br>Wide receivers and tight ends coach
* Denver Broncos ({{nfly|1988}})<br>Quarterbacks coach
* Denver Broncos ({{nfly|1989}}–{{nfly|1990}})<br>Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach
* [[Birmingham Fire]] (1991–1992)<br>Head coach
* [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford]] (1993)<br>Head coach
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{nfly|1994}}–{{nfly|1995}})<br>Wide receivers coach
* Pittsburgh Steelers ({{nfly|1996}}–{{nfly|1997}})<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Dallas Cowboys]] ({{nfly|1998}}–{{nfly|1999}})<br>Head coach
* [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{nfly|2000}}–{{nfly|2001}})<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] (2002–2007)<br>Head coach
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{nfly|2008}})<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{nfly|2010}}–{{nfly|2012}})<br>Head coach
* [[New York Jets]] ({{nfly|2015}}–{{nfly|2016}})<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{nfly|2020}})<br>Offensive coordinator
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* [[NCAA Division II Football Championship|Division II national champion]] ([[1984 NCAA Division II football season|1984]])
* [[Gulf South Conference|Gulf South]] champion (1984)
* [[Gulf South Conference|Gulf South]] Coach of The Year (1984)
* [[Troy University]] Sports Hall of Fame (2013)
* [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]] (2018)
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| playoff_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|0|2|record=y}}
| overall_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|34|48|record=y}}<br>NCAA: {{Winning percentage|68|41|record=y}}<br>WLAF: {{Winning percentage|12|7|record=y}}
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'''Thomas Chandler Gailey Jr.''' (born January 5, 1952) is a former [[American football]] coach. Most recently in 2020, he was the [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Miami Dolphins]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Gailey has previously served as the head coach of the [[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]], and [[Buffalo Bills]] from 1998 to 2012.

In a coaching career spanning 46 years, Gailey began his NFL career as part of [[Dan Reeves]]' coaching staff on the [[Denver Broncos]] from 1985 to 1990, appearing in Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]], [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]], and [[Super Bowl XXIV|XXIV]] with the Broncos. 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]] ([[Super Bowl XXX|XXX]]). He 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. Gailey served as offensive coordinator for the [[Miami Dolphins]] in 2000 and 2001, when the Dolphins posted consecutive 11–5 records, and was part of the [[2000 Miami Dolphins season|2000 Dolphins squad]] which was the last time the team had won a playoff game. Gailey served as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008 and three games of the 2009 preseason.<ref name="revive Chiefs">{{Cite web |date=2008-01-16 |title=Chiefs hire Gailey to be offensive coordinator |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3199853 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=ESPN.com\agency=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref> In 2010, he was hired as the new head coach of the [[Buffalo Bills]], where he coached until 2012. Three years after his firing from the Bills, he served as the offensive coordinator for the [[New York Jets]] from 2015 to 2016. In 2020, 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.

==Early life and education==
Gailey was born in [[Gainesville, Georgia]], in 1952.<ref name="ramblinwreck1">{{cite web |author=Chan Gailey |url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gailey_chan00.html |title=Chan Gailey Bio - Georgia Tech Official Athletic Site |publisher=Ramblinwreck.com |date=November 18, 2006 |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208075058/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gailey_chan00.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He attended Americus High School in [[Americus, Georgia]], where he earned [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] honors,<ref name=honor>{{cite book |last=Townley |first=Alvin |title=Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-36653-7 |year=2007 |author-link=Alvin Townley |url=http://www.legacyofhonor.com/ |access-date=December 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529032438/http://www.legacyofhonor.com/ |archive-date=May 29, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hydrick |first=Robert |date=May 2006 |url=http://www.walb.com/global/Story.asp?s=4612021 |title=Gailey looking forward to spring practice |publisher=WALB News 10 |access-date=November 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321181915/http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4612021 |archive-date=March 21, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a [[letterman (sports)|letterman]] in [[high school football]], basketball, baseball, and golf. In football, he was an all-state selection as quarterback. Gailey graduated from Americus High School in 1970.

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 Florida Gators football team|1971]] to [[1973 Florida Gators football team|1973]].<ref name=ufmediaguide>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035222/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf |date=April 2, 2012 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 174 & 181 (2011). Retrieved August 29, 2011.</ref> Gailey graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1974.<ref name="ramblinwreck1"/>

==Coaching career==
===Troy, Air Force, and back to Troy===
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]] (then known as Troy State University) in Troy, Alabama. After two seasons there, he spent four seasons with the [[United States Air Force Academy|U.S. Air Force Academy]], including two as [[defensive coordinator]] under head coach [[Ken Hatfield]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Adam|last=Van Brimmer|url=http://www.macon.com/169/story/163335.html|title=Army life different, say Tech coaches|work=[[The Telegraph (Macon)|The Telegraph]]|publisher=macon.com|date=October 18, 2007|access-date=October 23, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

In 1983, Gailey made his way back to Troy, taking over the head coaching duties at [[Troy University]]. In his first season as head coach, he led the [[Troy Trojans|Trojans]] to a 7–4 overall record. In his second season at the helm in 1984, he led his #3-ranked [[Troy Trojans|Trojans]] to a 12–1 record en route to the [[NCAA Division II]] national championship, defeating #1-ranked [[North Dakota State Bison|North Dakota State]], 18–17 to win the title.<ref>[https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_champs_records_book/2006/d2/2006_d2_football_champs_records.pdf]{{dead link|date=April 2013}}</ref>

===Professional leagues (1984–1992, 1994–2001)===
Gailey moved to the NFL the next year, when the [[Denver Broncos]] signed him as an offensive assistant and [[special teams]] coach. The team made three [[Super Bowl]] appearances during his six-year tenure and coached quarterbacks [[John Elway]] and [[Gary Kubiak]] during his lone year as quarterbacks coach in 1988. In 1991, 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.

After a one-year stint as head coach at [[Samford University]], he returned to the NFL with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. After starting off as coach for the [[wide receiver]]s, then moved up to [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[1996 NFL season|1996]] and [[1997 NFL season]]s. The Steelers won their division all four years, and made one Super Bowl appearance.

On February 13, [[1998 NFL season|1998]], Gailey was hired to take over a struggling [[Dallas Cowboys]] squad (as operated by [[Jerry Jones]]), one that had faltered under [[Barry Switzer]] during his last season. Other candidates considered in the course of five weeks were [[George Seifert]], [[Sherman Lewis]], and [[Terry Donahue]], with the latter being the closest to being hired before disagreeing with Jones about contract language that opened the door for Gailey. Notably in the leadup to the season, Gailey expressed his opinion to the Cowboys to not draft [[Randy Moss]] in the [[1998 NFL draft]] due to perceived off-field issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=Memory Lane: The Cowboys made Chan Gailey the fourth coach in team history |url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nfl/cowboys/memory-lane-the-cowboys-made-chan-gailey-the-fourth-coach-in-team-history/287-308a7d63-f7f2-4a7f-933b-8c975d7f26c4 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=wfaa.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-10 |title=Chan Gailey is doing more with less |url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/7217271/former-dallas-cowboys-coach-chan-gailey-doing-more-less-buffalo-bills |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Gailey's Cowboys won the [[NFC East]] in 1998, winning all eight games against teams in their division. This would come back to haunt them when they played the [[1998 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]], who happened to squeak into the playoffs as a Wild Card team despite losing to their division rival twice. Arizona trounced Dallas 20-7 for not only the first home playoff loss for the Cowboys in six years but also their first playoff win in a half-century. The Cowboys, hindered by injuries to players such as [[Michael Irvin]] (who suffered a career-ending injury midway through the year) went 8–8 in 1999 after starting the season 3–0, losing seven of eight games decided by a touchdown. They made the playoffs but lost to Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRO FOOTBALL; The Cowboys Fire Gailey After 2 Seasons as Coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/12/sports/pro-football-the-cowboys-fire-gailey-after-2-seasons-as-coach.html |access-date=2024-09-05}}</ref> He was fired on January 12, 2000, three days after the season ended for Dallas with three years remaining on his contract. Gailey is the only Cowboys coach to have never missed the playoffs with his team. Gailey is also sometimes referred to by fans as "the forgotten coach" of Dallas. Jones later stated his regret at firing Gailey after two seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dallas Cowboys Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-17 |title=Chan Gailey: Jerry Jones' horror stories not true |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4748113/chan-gailey-jerry-jones-horror-stories-not-true |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

Gailey returned to the offensive coordinator role, this time with the [[Miami Dolphins]] for the [[2000 NFL season|2000]] and [[2001 NFL season|2001 seasons]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr02/jackets.html|title=Winning Style|work=Tech Topics|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|date=Spring 2002|access-date=September 17, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071130170150/http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr02/jackets.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = November 30, 2007}}</ref>

===Georgia Tech (2002–2007)===
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]] (O'Leary infamously resigned at Notre Dame after only 5 days).<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Clarke|url=http://nique.net/issues/2005-11-18/sports/2|title=Gailey signs new five-year contract, will coach through 2010 campaign|work=[[The Technique]]|date=November 18, 2005|access-date=May 16, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135606/http://nique.net/issues/2005-11-18/sports/2 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 29, 2007}}</ref> In his first five years at Georgia Tech, he had compiled a 37–27 record. Georgia Tech went to bowl games each year under Gailey, and won two: the 2003 [[Humanitarian Bowl]] (a 52–10 win over the [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|University of Tulsa]]), and the [[2004 Champs Sports Bowl]] (a 51–14 victory over [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse University]]). Gailey compiled six winning seasons in six years at the helm. However, he never defeated Tech's biggest rival, the [[Georgia Bulldogs football|University of Georgia]], never won the ACC, never went to a BCS bowl, never won more than nine games, and never finished in the top 25. The [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006 season]] was his most successful at [[2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]], winning the ACC Coastal Division, but losing his last three games to rival [[2006 Georgia Bulldogs football team|UGA]], [[2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest]] in the [[2006 ACC Championship Game|ACC Championship Game]], and [[2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]] in the [[2007 Gator Bowl|Gator Bowl]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=263360059|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714160623/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=263360059|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|title=Skinner, Swank lift Wake to ACC title; next stop: Orange Bowl|work=ESPN|publisher=go.com|date=December 2, 2006|access-date=September 17, 2007}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nique.net/issues/2007-01-19/sports/2 |title=Miami interviews Gailey |work=[[The Technique]] |date=January 19, 2007 |access-date=March 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929140459/http://nique.net/issues/2007-01-19/sports/2 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> Gailey got neither job. On January 19, 2007, Gailey announced he would return to Georgia Tech.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011907aab.html|work=Ramblinwreck.com|publisher=Georgia Tech Athletic Association|title=Gailey to Remain at Tech|date=January 19, 2007|access-date=March 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130182751/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011907aab.html|archive-date=November 30, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After a 7–5 [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007 regular season]] and losing to the [[2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia Bulldogs football team]] for the [[Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate|sixth straight year]], it was announced on November 26, 2007, that Gailey had been dismissed and his $1 million/year contract bought out.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/gatech/stories/2007/11/26/gailey_1126.html|title=Georgia Tech fires Gailey after six seasons|first=Mike|last=Knobler|work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=November 26, 2007|access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3127998|title=Gailey fired at Tech after six seasons|work=ESPN|publisher=go.com|date=November 26, 2007|access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/gatech/content/sports/gatech/stories/2007/11/26/gaileycontract_1127.html|title=Tech owes Gailey $4 million|work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|first=Mike|last=Knobler|date=November 26, 2007|access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112607aag.html|title=Gailey Relieved of Duties As Georgia Tech Head Coach|work=RamblinWreck.com|publisher=Georgia Tech Athletic Association|date=November 26, 2007|access-date=November 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128123034/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112607aag.html|archive-date=November 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Kansas City Chiefs (2008)===
Gailey was hired on January 16, 2008, to become the offensive coordinator of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]. He inherited a Chiefs offense that ranked at the bottom of the league in almost every category the previous season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/08/31/source-chiefs-chop-chan-gailey/ |title=Source: Chiefs chop Chan Gailey |publisher=NBCSports.com |author=Gregg Rosenthal |access-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref> Under his coaching, the Chiefs finished with the 24th-ranked offense in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team?season=2008|title = 2008 NFL Team Total Offense Postseason Stats}}</ref> He was demoted after three pre-season games in 2009 and relieved of play-calling duties by head coach [[Todd Haley]].<ref name="Gailey no longer">{{cite web | title=Gailey no longer running Chiefs' offense | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4434133 | work=ESPN.com | author=John Clayton | date=August 31, 2009 | access-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref> He spent the 2009 season out of football.

===Buffalo Bills (2010–2012)===
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.<ref name=bills_hire>{{cite news|title=Bills hire Gailey as coach|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4838361|agency=Associated Press|access-date=September 12, 2011}}</ref> The Bills went 4–12 in his first season, with the 25th-ranked offense and 24th-ranked defense in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team?season=2010|title = 2010 NFL Team Total Offense Postseason Stats}}</ref> The following year, Buffalo ranked 14th in offense and 26th in defense as the Bills improved slightly to finish with a 6–10 record despite starting the season with a 5–2 record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team?season=2011|title = 2011 NFL Team Total Offense Postseason Stats}}</ref> In 2012, the Bills finished 19th in offense and 22nd in defense as they once again finished 6–10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team?season=2012|title = 2012 NFL Team Total Offense Postseason Stats}}</ref>

On December 31, 2012, Gailey was relieved of his duties as the Bills' head coach. He amassed a career 16–32 record in Buffalo.<ref name=bills_firing>{{cite news|title=Chan Gailey fired by Buffalo Bills|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20121231/SPORTS03/121231004/Chan-Gailey-fired-by-Buffalo-Bills|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 31, 2012}}</ref>

===New York Jets (2015–2016)===
Gailey was named offensive coordinator by the New York Jets on January 20, 2015, under new head coach [[Todd Bowles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jets Tab Chan Gailey as Offensive Coordinator |url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-7/Jets-Tab-Chan-Gailey-as-Offensive-Coordinator/62262d4e-f7e8-4ee4-bf95-efc65025cf3e |publisher=New York Jets |author=Jets Staff |date=January 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124030039/http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-7/Jets-Tab-Chan-Gailey-as-Offensive-Coordinator/62262d4e-f7e8-4ee4-bf95-efc65025cf3e |archive-date=January 24, 2015 |access-date=January 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was reunited with former Bills quarterback [[Ryan Fitzpatrick]].

In his first season, the Jets finished with the 10th-ranked offense in the league. They finished 13th in the league in passing and 10th in rushing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team?season=2015|title = 2015 NFL Team Total Offense Postseason Stats}}</ref> Through Week 14 of the 2016 season, the Jets had the 24th-ranked offense in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team|title = 2021 NFL Team Total Offense Stats}}</ref> Following the 2016 season in which the Jets ranked near the bottom of the league in offense and finished 5–11, Gailey retired on January 3, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Orr|first1=Conor|title=Jets offensive coordinator Chan Gailey retires|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/n-y-jets-offensive-coordinator-chan-gailey-retires-0ap3000000768944|website=NFL.com|access-date=January 3, 2017|date=January 3, 2017}}</ref>

===Return to the Miami Dolphins===
On January 20, 2020, Gailey was hired by the [[Miami Dolphins]] as their offensive coordinator under head coach [[Brian Flores]], also Gailey's first time in Miami in 19 years. Gailey was again reunited with former Bills and Jets quarterback [[Ryan Fitzpatrick]], whom Gailey served as head coach of the Bills from 2010 to 2012, and as offensive coordinator for the Jets from 2015 to 2016. On January 6, 2021, Gailey resigned from the offensive coordinator position.

==Head coaching record==
===College===
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Troy Trojans football|Troy State Trojans]]
 | conf      = [[Gulf South Conference]]
 | startyear = 1983
 | endyear   = 1984
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1983 NCAA Division II football season|1983]]
 | name         = [[1983 Troy State Trojans football team|Troy State]]
 | overall      = 7–4
 | conference   = 4–3
 | confstanding = T–2nd<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gscsports.org/documents/2014/8/11/2014_GSC_Football_Media_Record_Book.pdf|title=2014 GSC Football Media Guide (PDF) - Gulf South Conference}}</ref>
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 | ranking      = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | year         = [[1984 NCAA Division II football season|1984]]
 | name         = [[1984 Troy State Trojans football team|Troy State]]
 | overall      = 12–1
 | conference   = 6–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = [[1984 NCAA Division II football season|NCAA Division II Championship]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Troy State
 | overall    = 19–5
 | confrecord = 10–4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford Bulldogs]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA Division I FCS independent schools|NCAA Division I-AA independent]]
 | startyear = 1993
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1993]]
 | name         = [[1993 Samford Bulldogs football team|Samford]]
 | overall      = 5–6
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Samford
 | overall    = 5–6
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]]
 | conf      = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
 | startyear = 2002
 | endyear   = 2007
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football season|2002]]
 | name         = [[2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 7–6
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | bowlname     = [[2002 Silicon Valley Football Classic|Silicon Valley]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2003 NCAA Division I-A football season|2003]]
 | name         = [[2003 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 7–6
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | bowlname     = [[2004 Humanitarian Bowl|Humanitarian]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2004 NCAA Division I-A football season|2004]]
 | name         = [[2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | bowlname     = [[2004 Champs Sports Bowl|Champs Sports]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2005 NCAA Division I-A football season|2005]]
 | name         = [[2005 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(Coastal)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2005 Emerald Bowl|Emerald]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006]]
 | name         = [[2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 9–5
 | conference   = 7–1
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(Coastal)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2007 Gator Bowl|Gator]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]]
 | name         = [[2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(Coastal)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2007 Humanitarian Bowl|Humanitarian]]
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Georgia Tech
 | overall    = 44–32
 | confrecord = 28–20
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 68–43
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype =
}}

===National Football League===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[1998 Dallas Cowboys season|DAL]]||[[1998 NFL season|1998]]
||10||6||0||.625||'''1st in NFC East'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <Small>'''Lost to [[1998 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]] in [[1998–99 NFL playoffs|NFC Wild Card Game]]'''</Small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[1999 Dallas Cowboys season|DAL]]||[[1999 NFL season|1999]]
||8||8||0||.500||'''2nd in NFC East'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <Small>'''Lost to [[1999 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]] in [[1999–2000 NFL playoffs|NFC Wild Card Game]]'''</Small>
|-
! colspan="2"|DAL total||18||14||0||.563||||0||2||.000||
|-

![[2010 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]||[[2010 NFL season|2010]]
||4||12||0||.250||4th in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
|-

![[2011 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]||[[2011 NFL season|2011]]
||6||10||0||.375||4th in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
|-

![[2012 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]||[[2012 NFL season|2012]]
||6||10||0||.375||4th in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
|-

! colspan="2"|BUF total||16||32||0||.333||||0||0||.000||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total||34||46||0||.425|||| 0 || 2 ||.000||
|}

===World League of American Football===
Record with [[Birmingham Fire]]

{{Start NFL SBS}}
|-
|[[1991 Birmingham Fire season|1991]] || 5 || 5 || 0 || 1st North American West || Lost Semifinals ([[Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe)|Dragons]])
|-
|[[1992 Birmingham Fire season|1992]] || 7 || 2 || 1 || 2nd North American West || Lost Semifinals ([[Orlando Thunder|Thunder]])
|-
!Totals || 12 || 7 || 1
|colspan="2"| (excluding playoffs)
{{s-end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Florida Gators in the NFL draft]]
* [[List of University of Florida alumni]]

==References==
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