Dave Campo became the fifth head coach in Cowboys history on Jan 26. Campo joined the Cowboys as the team's secondary coach in 1989 and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1995. The Cowboys defense was ranked among the NFL's top 10 three times under the direction of Campo. In 1999, the defense ranked ninth in the league (third in the NFC) in total yards and allowed one touchdown or less in nine of the 16 regular season games.

Before coming to Dallas, Campo spent two years as the University of Miami's secondary coach. At Miami, he helped the Hurricanes to a two-year record of 23-1 and a national title in 1987, while fine tuning the talents of the best defensive back in school history.

Campo began his coaching career at his alma mater, Central Connecticut State (1971-72 seasons), where he was a defensive back from 1967-70. He then moved to Albany State (1973), Bridgeport (1974), the University of Pittsburgh (1975), Washington State (1976), Boise State (1977-79), Oregon State (1980), Weber State (1981-82) and Iowa State (1983). He spent three seasons at Syracuse before heading to Miami.

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