Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips appears to have a long month ahead of him of reconstructing his coaching staff, as he’s losing assistants left and right.

As everyone knows, offensive line coach Tony Sparano is leaving to become the head coach of the Dolphins, and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett appears to be leaving for either Baltimore or Atlanta.

But there’s more. Adam Schefter of NFL Network is reporting that the Dolphins are focusing on two Cowboys assistants to add to their staff.

Cowboys secondary coach Todd Bowles is expected to leave to become the Dolphins’ assistant head coach, and Cowboys linebackers coach Paul Pasqualoni is expected to become the Dolphins’ defensive coordinator. Both Bowles and Pasqualoni first joined the Cowboys staff in 2005, when Bill Parcells was head coach, and both of those moves could be announced soon, although the Dolphins technically can’t hire either until their contracts expire next week.

And those might not be the last Dallas assistants to leave. It seems likely that tight ends coach John Garrett will follow his brother Jason to either Baltimore or Atlanta. 

With an exodus of assistants, the situation in Dallas is somewhat similar to what happened in San Diego last year: The No. 1 seed loses its playoff opener, and then watches as other teams hire away its assistants. That situation ultimately ended with the Chargers firing head coach Marty Schottenheimer. Phillips must be hoping things don’t turn out that way in Dallas.