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• Jimmy Johnson is a former college and pro football head coach. He guided the Miami Hurricanes to a national championship in 1988, and later led the Dallas Cowboys to back-to-back Super Bowl championships. Today, he serves as a studio analyst for the NFL on FOX.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Born: July 16, 1943
  2. Birth name: James William Johnson
  3. Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas
  4. College football teammate of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at Arkansas
  5. One of only 2 head coaches to win both a college football national championship and an NFL championship
  6. Also noted for being the man who replaced coaching legends Tom Landry in Dallas and Don Shula in Miami
  7. Made cameo appearances in The Waterboy and The Shield
  8. His hair is source of humor, known as "helmet hair"
  9. Also known for his famous locker room rally cry for his players in Dallas: "How 'bout dem Cowboys?!"

• Brief Biography

  Jimmy Johnson began his coaching career with Louisiana Tech University as an assistant. He later moved to coaching Oklahoma State University from 1979 to 1983 before taking the head coaching job at the University of Miami. He made his NFL head coaching debut with the Dallas Cowboys in 1989. He later won two Super Bowls in Dallas, turning a 1-15 franchise around in three years.

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