- Jim Eddy
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Name = Jim Eddy
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CoachYears = 1968-71
1972-73
1974-76
1977-78
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1981
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1986-1989
1990-92
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1996
CoachTeams = New Mexico State Aggies assistant coach
UTEP Miners defensive backfield coachSaskatchewan Roughriders defensive coordinatorSaskatchewan Roughriders Hamilton Tiger-Cats assistant coachMontreal Alouettes defensive backfield coachMontreal Alouettes Toronto Argonauts Director of Player PersonnelSan Antonio Gunslingers
Houston Cougars defensive coordinatorHouston Oilers defensive coordinatorDallas Cowboys Defensive AssistantDallas Cowboys Linebackers coachDetroit Lions defensive coordinator
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National Football League ,Canadian Football League , as well as in college.Eddy's coaching career began in 1968 when he joined the coaching staff of the
New Mexico State Aggies at his alma mater,New Mexico State University . [cite web
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accessdate =2008-04-18 ] In 1972, he left NMSU to joinTommy Hudspeth 'sUTEP Miners coaching staff as the defensive backfield coach. [cite web
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accessdate =2008-04-18 ] Eddy next coaching job was as thedefensive coordinator ofSaskatchewan Roughriders , which he held until he was promoted tohead coach in 1977. In Eddy's first season, the Roughriders went 8-8 and missed the playoffs only one season removed from playing theOttawa Rough Riders in the64th Grey Cup . Eddy was fired during the1978 CFL season after the Riders lost their first six games. In 1979, Eddy joined theHamilton Tiger-Cats coaching staff, where he was reunited with his former boss in Saskatchewan, John Payne. His next coaching job was with theMontreal Alouettes , first as the defensive backfield coach, then as the Als interim head coach. [cite web
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accessdate =2008-04-18 ] In 1982, Eddy moved to the front office as theToronto Argonauts Director of Player Personnel. Along with head coachBob O'Billovich , Eddy rebuilt an Argonauts team that had gone 2-14 the prior season into a team that won the East Division championships in both of Eddy's seasons there and won the71st Grey Cup in 1983. cite web
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accessdate =2008-04-18 ] Eddy was the head coach of theSan Antonio Gunslingers for both of the team's seasons in theUSFL . Eddy had a 12-24 overall record as the Gunslingers' head coach.In 1986,
Jack Pardee hired Eddy to become defensive coordinator of the head coach of theHouston Cougars football team. Eddy followed Pardee to theHouston Oilers , where he remained the coach's defensive coordinator in 1990. Eddy was fired following the Oilers 1992 playoff to theBuffalo Bills in an infamous game which would become known as The Comeback. [cite web
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title = SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL; Oiler Coach Gets Job Published: February 9, 1993
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accessdate = 2008-04-18 ] Eddy would join theDallas Cowboys coaching staff in1993 NFL season as a Defensive Assistant and later as the team's Linebackers coach. [cite web
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accessdate =2008-04-18 ] While in Dallas, Eddy would win twoSuper Bowls . In 1996, Eddy became theDetroit Lions defensive coordinator. cite web
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title = The pain in Wayne is mainly on the wane - Detroit Lions' coach Wayne Fontes - NFL Report - Column
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accessdate =2008-04-18 ] He would hold that job for only one season. In 2000 Eddy was a finalist for the vacant Dallas Cowboys head coaching position, but lost the job toDave Campo [cite web
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