January 16, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs hired former Dallas
Cowboys head coach Chan Gailey as offensive coordinator on Wednesday,
handing him one of the NFL's weakest attacks.

He replaces Mike Solari, who took the Chiefs from being one of the
league's top offenses to one of the worst in two years.

Kansas City ended the season with a 4-12 record and on a nine-game
losing streak after scoring only 226 points. That's 70 fewer than any
Kansas City team has scored in 30 years.

Gailey, fired after this past season as head coach at Georgia Tech,
inherits a massive rebuilding project and will be working for a head
coach, Herm Edwards, who has a reputation for being an offensive stick
in the mud.

Gailey brings a wealth of college and NFL experience.

In 14 seasons in the NFL, he has been on the staff of 11 playoff teams
and coached in the Super Bowl four times, including three with Denver.
He has been either a head coach or an offensive coordinator eight years.

At Georgia Tech, he was 44-33 and took the Yellow Jackets to six
straight bowl games.

The Chiefs also interviewed Paul Hackett, Mike Shula, Eric Price and
former New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel.

"The best compliment that I can pay Chan Gailey is that he is tough,"
Edwards said.

Gailey was 18-14 as head coach in Dallas and took the Cowboys to two
straight playoffs. His 1998 Cowboys were NFC East champions and
committed a league-low 15 turnovers while ranking in the top 10 in total
offense, rushing and scoring.

Gailey was offensive coordinator for Miami in 2000-01 when the Dolphins
posted consecutive 11-5 records. He was on the Pittsburgh staff from
1994-97 when the Steelers won four straight AFC Central titles and
played in one Super Bowl. He was offensive coordinator in 1997 when
Pittsburgh ranked sixth in the NFL in total offense and seventh in scoring.

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