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Published on: 1/8/2008
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David Lee has left Houston Nutt's staff at Mississippi to become the Dolphins' quarterbacks coach, Nutt said Tuesday.
Lee will be rejoining Bill Parcells, Miami's new vice president of football operations, for whom Lee worked with the Dallas Cowboys.Lee will be rejoining Bill Parcells, Miami's new vice president of football operations, for whom Lee worked with the Dallas Cowboys.
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Lee was Parcells' quarterbacks coach in Dallas from 2003-06 and their relationship dates back to the early 1970s.Parcells resigned after last season and went to work for ESPN and Lee returned to Arkansas, where he was an assistant twice before.
When Nutt resigned at Arkansas and took the Ole Miss job, Lee followed him to Oxford.Nutt announced Lee would be offensive coordinator in a December news conference, but Lee had not yet signed a contract worth $300,000 a year when he informed Nutt on Monday he wanted to take the Dolphins job.
Nutt said Lee would make about $100,000 more a year, along with better retirement benefits.
Lee helped Parcells mold raw prospect Tony Romo into a Pro Bowl quarterback.