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Jan 16, 1996: -- Johnson Begins Signing Coaches... --

The Associated Press has announced that the Dolphins have signed 2 new assistant coaches to be Jimmy Johnson's first acquisitions as head coach of the Dolphins.

Former Georgia Tech head coach Bill Lewis and former Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones have been hired by the Dolphins to be assistant coaches. Lewis will be a secondary coach, but Jones' role was not disclosed in the article.

Lewis and Jimmy Johnson were on Frank Broyles' staff at Arkansas together from 1973-1976. Lewis was fired from coaching at Georgia Tech in 1994 and has spent the last year as director of athletics at the Marist School, a private school in Atlanta. His record as a coach is 46-51-2 at Wyoming, East Carolina and Georgia Tech.

Pat Jones worked for Jimmy Johnson at Arkansas and Oklahoma State and actually succeeded Johnson as head coach at Oklahoma.

Also announced was the release of Dolphins Offensive line coach Monte Clark. Clark was the offensive line coach in the 1972 perfect season and was signed last season to replace the retiring John Sandusky.

My Comments:

I don't know anything about Lewis or Jones, other than the fact that Jones has been mentioned before as a possible assistant for Johnson.