Cowboys talk to Phillips about top job

San Diego defensive coordinator Wade Phillips interviewed yesterday with the Dallas Cowboys about replacing retired head coach Bill Parcells.

Phillips, the former head coach at Denver and Buffalo who also had interim stints in New Orleans and Atlanta, said he had a "very encompassing talk" with Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones. Phillips has a 48-39 coaching record.

Jones also plans to talk to San Francisco offensive coordinator Norv Turner, a former head coach for Washington and Oakland, and New Orleans defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs. Both are former Dallas assistants.

Gibbs was scheduled to interview today. Turner is coaching at the Senior Bowl today, and his interview will be later.

On Thursday, the Cowboys added Jason Garrett to their coaching staff in an unspecified role, but said he would remain a candidate for the top job.

Turner was the Cowboys' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 1991 to '93, when they won consecutive Super Bowls. Turner had a 58-82-1 record as head coach in Washington (1994-00) and Oakland (2004-05). Gibbs was head coach at Oklahoma for six seasons after replacing Barry Switzer in 1989.

* The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to terms on a 2-year contract with Ramiro Pruneda, the 6-6, 317-pound offensive lineman who led Monterey (Mexico) Tech to four Mexican national championships.

* Ken Kavanaugh, a longtime coach and scout with the New York Giants who also spent 3 years as a bomber pilot in World War II, died Thursday of pneumonia in Sarasota, Fla. He was 90 and spent 45 years in the Giants organization (1955 to '99).

* Defensive tackles John Henderson (Jacksonville) and Pat Williams (Minnesota) were selected as injury replacements for next month's Pro Bowl. Henderson replaces New England's Richard Seymour and Williams is filling in for Chicago's Tommie Harris. *