Cowboys about to hire new linebackers coach

Herring broke into coaching in 1981 with Jimmy Johnson at Oklahoma State after his playing career at Florida State ended.

Draft one? Possibly. Doesn't have to be in the first round, but probably on the first day.

What I been saying all along...

Second and third rounds this draft will have better value and will be more realistic for us since the top CB's will be gone when we pick.  

I think it's a good fit, he has familiarity with Stewart at least...And the fact he is a true LineBackers coach...Gregg Williams and Dom Capers are over qualified to be just position coaches anyhow, so I never though either would come in just to handle LB duties. And they had DB backgrounds as well, not to say they couldn't coach LB's...

Plus this guy is a college style coach that is used
to driving home technique,fundamentals,disipline, and accountability. Which some players like to bitch about, but it actually makes them better. As DeMarcus Ware would attest to, Here's a quote about his relationship with our last LB coach Paul Pasqualoni ,

"He was a great leader on defense in general," Ware said. "Coaching-wise, he critiques us so much on every little thing we did that I hope the next coach is the same way. Everybody has their own style, but when you have a guy on you and pushing you and making you work harder than he's coaching, that makes players better."

I found it interesting that he said Pasqualoni was " A great leader on defense in general " ...almost sounds like he believes Pasqualoni was more respected and looked to as the defensive coordinator in some way over Brian Stewart. I really really hope this is some sort of prelude to Dom Capers getting hired.

Talk about a very extensive background on the LB position in general, check out this timeline of experience regarding Reggie Herring:

• Played Linebacker @ Florida State 1978-1980:  3-yr starter leading the Seminoles in tackles all three of those seasons.  Third in career tackles all time at FSU.
• First break as an assistant coach under Jimmy Johnson at Oklahoma State as grad asst. in ’81.  After one season, Jimmy J promoted Herring to LBs coach, where he went on to hold that position ‘til 1985.
• Left Ok St to take the same asst coach position @ Auburn in ’86 under HC Pat Dye.  Helped lead the Tigers to three consecutive SEC titles from 1987-1989 as LBs coach there.
• In ’92, Texas Christian hired him as their DC and LBs coach – Herring’s first gig as a D-Coordinator.
• After two seasons, he left TCU and become LBs coach at Clemson.  In ’97, he was promoted to Defensive Coordinator, and held that position until 2001.
• In ’02, Herring was hired by Houston Texans HC Dom Capers as LBs coach until 2004.  During that time, Texans’ starting LB Jamie Sharper led the NFL in tackles in 2003.
• In 2004, Capers and his assistants were released, and Herring accepted the position of DC and LBs coach at North Carolina State.  His first year at NCSU, the Wolfpack defense led the nation in total defense, improving from 89th overall the prior season.  That Wolfpack defense had current NFL defensive starters Mario Williams/DE (Houston), Manny Lawson/LB (San Francisco), John McCargo/DT (Buffalo) on that roster.
• In 2005, Herring was hired as DC by Arkansas’ Houston Nutt, and Herring helped improve the Razorbacks D in almost every statistical category.  
• In Nov ’07 when Nutt left Arkansas to take the same position at Ole Miss, Herring was named assistant HC.
• In Jan ’08, ex-Green Bay Packers HC/ex-Houston Texans asst HC accepted the same position at Texas A&M University and hired Herring as the Aggies DC.
• However, in Feb’08, he resigned as Aggies DC to accept the position of LBs coach for the Dallas Cowboys.

I love the wealth of experience this new hire brings to our Beloved Boyz.  The icing on the cake would be hiring "The Dom."

Oh yeah, and one other interesting note regarding Dom Capers and Gregg Williams -- who both recently intereviewed with the King and the Son of Bum... did you know that this tandem were the highest paid NFL assistant coaches prior to this season?