? Garrett is first former Cowboy to become head coach
? 44-year-old gets job after impressing in temporary charge
The Dallas Cowboys have named Jason Garrett as their head coach, removing the interim tag from his title after he helped bring a spark back to the team following a dismal start to the NFL season.
Garrett, 44, posted a 5-3 record since stepping in on 8 November for Wade Phillips, who was fired after the Cowboys had a 1-7 start to the campaign despite being favoured to reach the play-offs before the season started.
"He passed the test," the team owner, Jerry Jones, told a news conference at Cowboys Stadium. "Though our 2010 season did not play out in any way in the manner that we all would like, it did give us the opportunity to evaluate Jason Garrett under pressure and in pressure situations that come with being an NFL head coach."
The Cowboys, who began the season with hopes of becoming the first team to play in the Super Bowl at their home stadium, finished with their worst record since 2004. Dallas's three losses since Garrett was named interim coach were by a combined seven points against the New Orleans Saints, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Arizona Cardinals.
Garrett, who won two Super Bowls with Dallas as a back-up to the Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman from 1993 to 1999, is the first former Cowboy to become the team's head coach.
"I was fortunate to be on teams that went to the top of the National Football League," said Garrett, the franchise's eighth head coach. "We are going to work very hard each and every day to try to get back to that level."
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