Tom Landry

Tom Landry was an American football coach who led the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988. He guided the team to two Super Bowl victories.

Dallas Cowboys: The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team founded in 1960. Landry coached the franchise for 29 seasons, building it into a perennial contender.
Flex defense: The flex defense is a defensive alignment that varies linemen’s positions to disrupt blocking schemes. Landry developed it to make offensive blocking assignments less predictable.
Super Bowl VI: Super Bowl VI was the 1972 championship game in which Dallas defeated Miami 24–3. Landry won his first Super Bowl as the Cowboys’ head coach in this game.
Pro Football Hall of Fame: The Pro Football Hall of Fame honors people who have made outstanding contributions to professional American football. Landry was inducted in 1990 after a career defined by sustained success.
Tex Schramm: Tex Schramm was the Dallas Cowboys’ president and general manager from 1960 to 1989. Schramm hired Landry and helped establish the organization that supported his long tenure.
4–3 defense: The 4–3 defense uses four defensive linemen and three linebackers as its basic front. Landry’s flex defense was a variation on this widely used defensive structure.
Super Bowl XII: Super Bowl XII was the 1978 championship game in which Dallas defeated Denver 27–10. The victory gave Landry his second Super Bowl title.
NFL Coach of the Year: NFL Coach of the Year is an honor given to a head coach for exceptional performance in a season. Landry received the award in 1966 after Dallas improved to a 10–3–1 record.
Gil Brandt: Gil Brandt was a football executive who directed Dallas’s player personnel operations for nearly three decades. Brandt’s scouting and draft work supplied Landry’s teams with key players.
Shotgun formation: The shotgun formation places the quarterback several yards behind the center at the snap. Landry used the formation early in the NFL, especially to protect quarterback Don Meredith.

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