Cowboys interview Gibbs, prepare to talk with Turner

IRVING, Texas – New Orleans defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs interviewed Saturday with the Dallas Cowboys about their head coaching vacancy.

Gibbs, a former Cowboys assistant, was the third outside candidate to visit Valley Ranch for an interview since Bill Parcells retired Monday.

San Francisco offensive coordinator Norv Turner was scheduled to interview today.

Turner was Cowboys offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 1991-93, when they won consecutive Super Bowls, and had a 58-82-1 record as head coach in Washington (1994-00) and Oakland (2004-05).

Gibbs was linebackers coach in Dallas from 2002-05, but went to run the New Orleans defense when Sean Payton left Parcells’ staff last year to become Saints head coach.

Before the Cowboys, Gibbs coached on the collegiate level for 22 seasons. Gibbs was on Barry Switzer’s staff at Oklahoma from 1975-88, then spent six seasons as Sooners head coach after replacing Switzer. Dallas was his first NFL job, after one-year stints as defensive coordinator for Georgia and LSU.

Turner was with the Cowboys when they had Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman, NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin.

The other outside candidates who have interviewed with Dallas owner and general manager Jerry Jones were San Diego defensive coordinator Wade Phillips and former Cowboys quarterback Jason Garrett, who Thursday was added to the coaching staff in an unspecified role – likely as offensive coordinator – while still being considered a head coach candidate.