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XFL teams are set for three Texas cities -- Houston, Dallas and
San Antonio -- as well as Seattle, Las Vegas, Orlando, St. Louis
and Washington, D.C.
The XFL named the coaches in April and still have not officially
announced the cities. The league also has not confirmed where
each coach will be assigned.
Per Pro Football Network, Wade Phillips is heading home to
Houston, where he went to college and once was an assistant
coach with the NFL's Texans. He also was the head coach of the
Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys.
Joining him in Texas are former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, who
will lead the Dallas team, and Super Bowl-winning wide receiver
Hines Ward, who will be the head coach in San Antonio.
Stoops was the head coach of the Dallas Renegades in the XFL in
2020 before it ended the season prematurely due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Former New Orleans Saints head coach Jim Haslett will coach the
Seattle team.
The four other teams will be led by first-time head coaches at
the pro level: Reggie Barlow in Washington, D.C., Pro Football
Hall of Fame member Rod Woodson in Las Vegas, Terrell Buckley in
Orlando and Anthony Becht in St. Louis.
Ward also is a first-time head coach.
The rebooted XFL is scheduled to begin play Feb. 18, 2023, less
than a week after the NFL plays Super Bowl LVII at Phoenix.
--Field Level Media
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