By Justin Worsley,
Wade Phillips still has a job in the state of Texas.
The former Dallas Cowboys head coach has agreed to be come the defensive coordinator of the Houston Texans.
The Texans began the season with high hopes of making their first playoff appearance in franchise history, however, poor defensive play derailed the team and they finished 6-10.
After the season ended, there were rumors that head coach Gary Kubiak was going to be fired, but instead, Texans owner Bob McNair decided to keep Kubiak and instead fire defensive coordinator Frank Bush.
Phillips replaced Bill Parcells as head coach of the Cowboys in 2007 and led them to a 13-3 record. Each season after that, however, the team's production began to decline. Dallas missed the playoffs before returning in 2009 after going 11-5. The Cowboys won their first postseason game since 1996 that year.
This year, however, the Cowboys carried they hype before the season began that they would become the first team in NFL history to play in their home stadium in the Super Bowl. Those words did not hold true as Dallas started the season 1-7 and owner Jerry Jones decided to cut ties with Phillips.
Along with being the head coach, Phillips served as the defensive coordinator in Dallas in 2009-10 as well as stints with six other teams. Houston will shuffle their personnel to Phillips' 3-4 scheme, which removes one down lineman in order to have four linebackers instead of a 4-3.
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