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JERRY
RECORDS
JONES
JERRY JONES
Owner
President
General Manager
In one of the most dramatic eras of ownership in
professional sports, Jerry Jones’ stewardship of the
Dallas Cowboys has brought unprecedented results
and success to one of the world’s most popular
sports entities.
Aside from being one of just two current owners
to guide their franchises to at least three Super Bowl
titles, Jones’ efforts in the areas of sports marketing,
promotion and the development of AT&T
Stadium have created a vivid imprint on the landscape
of the NFL and the American sports culture.
Highlighted by Super Bowl victories following the
1992, 1993 and 1995 seasons, Jones became the
first owner in NFL history to guide his team to three
league championships in his first seven years of ownership.
In 1995 Dallas also became the first team in
NFL history to win three Super Bowls in four seasons
while tying the then NFL record for most Super Bowl
victories by an organization with five.
The first decade of Jones’ ownership closed with
eight playoff appearances, six division titles, four
conference championship game appearances and
three world crowns as the Cowboys were named the
NFL’s Team of the 1990s. More recently, the
Cowboys have won NFC Eastern Division titles in
2007, 2009 and 2014, while last year’s club
secured the 13th playoff appearance in Jones’ 26
years of leadership.
Following the 2014 season, a year where the
Cowboys posted a 12-4 record and then won a home
playoff game, Jones was named the NFL Executive of the
Year by the Pro Football Writers Association of America.
Along with the success of the Dallas Cowboys on
the field, Jones’ vision and leadership provided the
driving influence behind the concept, design and construction
of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas - a
venue that is recognized internationally as perhaps
the most spectacular and state-of-the-art sports stadium
in the world.
Opened to the public in May of 2009, the stadium’s
dramatic first season of operation resulted in
the venue being named the Sports Facility of the
Year by the Sports Business Journal in May of 2010.
Along with that achievement for the team’s new
home, Jones was also named the 2009 Sports
Executive of the Year by the SBJ.
The 100,000-plus seat stadium established the
attendance record for an NFL regular season game
as 105,121 witnessed the September 20, 2009
home opener, while the 108,713 who attended the
NBA All-Star Game on February 14, 2010 became
the largest crowd to witness a basketball game in
the history of the sport.
In just over six years of operation, more than eight
million fans have attended events that included high
school and collegiate football, major college basketball,
professional bull riding, Motocross, world championship
boxing and concerts that featured world
renowned recording artists. Nearly three million other
visitors have passed through the twelve-story high
doors of the stadium for daily public tours of the venue.
With its architectural versatility and cutting edge
media capabilities, AT&T Stadium has become a visible
beacon that has established North Texas as a
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major focal point on the sports and entertainment
canvas of North America.
The brilliant home of the Cowboys has become
a powerful catalyst in attracting a wide range of
national and international events that will define the
future of the region for generations to come. The
stadium has already played host to Super Bowl XLV
(February of 2011), the NCAA Final Four in men’s
basketball (April of 2014) and the inaugural College
Football Playoff Championship Game (January of
2015). Other top flight sporting events for the future
include, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl, the Texas
A&M-Arkansas football Southwest Classic and the
annual “AdvoCare Classic” collegiate football series
just to name a few.
Since he took over as general manager in 1989,
the Cowboys have drafted 32 different players who
have gone on to appear in a combined total of 111
Pro Bowls. Dallas has also signed 12 free agent players
who have made 30 Pro Bowl appearances while
representing the Dallas Cowboys. Since 1989 the
Cowboys have made 140 trades, the most celebrated
of which was the 1989 deal that sent Herschel
Walker to the Minnesota Vikings and provided the
personnel foundation for three league titles.
His recent efforts to retool the Dallas roster have
resulted in some of the NFL’s most product drafts
over the past five years. Between 2010 and 2014,
Dallas has selected 13 players who have become
starters, with five of those becoming All-Rookie Team
selections. Those same five players have become
Pro Bowlers who have already made a collective total
of eight trips to the annual all-star game: Dez Bryant
(selected in 2010), Tyron Smith (2011), DeMarco
Murray (2011), Travis Frederick (2013) and Zack
Martin (2014). The foundation for the future success
of the team has been put in place on the offensive line
where, following the 2014 season, Smith, Frederick
and Martin were all Pro Bowl starters, and Martin was
a first team All-Pro selection as a rookie.
In selecting the on-the-field leadership for the
Cowboys, Jones hired a pair of coaches who won
three Super Bowls in Dallas: Jimmy Johnson (1992-
1993) and Barry Switzer (1995). Chan Gailey followed
with a division title and playoff appearances in
1998 and 1999. In 2003 Jones successfully recruited
two-time Super Bowl winner Bill Parcells to Dallas,
and Parcells directed the team to three winning seasons
and two playoff trips in four years. In February
of 2007, Jones added another successful NFL head
coach in Wade Phillips, who guided the club to a pair
of division titles in his first three years (2007 and
2009) and a playoff victory in 2009. In 2011 Jones
named Jason Garrett as the team’s eighth head
coach after the former Cowboys quarterback guided
the club to a 5-3 record as the interim coach in the
second half of the 2010 season. Garrett has since
added his first division title in 2014 and his overall
record of 42-32 represents the fourth-most victories
by a head coach in club history.
In the last 37 years, 37 different owners have
entered the National Football League. Of that group,
only Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft of New England
have guided their franchises to more than two Super