Skip Peete arrived in Dallas on Feb. 15, 2007 to coach the club's running backs after spending nine seasons in the same capacity with the Oakland Raiders. In 2009, Peete will once again work with the running backs after a season in which Dallas was forced to call on all three running backs on the roster. Coming into the 2009 season, Dallas' stable of running backs proves to be the deepest position on the offense.

The 2008 season had Peete work in four-year veteran Marion Barber into the role of the club's starting tailback. Barber was off to a solid start before suffering a dislocated toe on Thanksgiving Day against Seattle. Barber's workload tapered off following the injury, but he still managed to lead the team with 238 carries for 885 yards and seven touchdowns. Leading into the season, it looked like Peete would have a dangerous weapon in Dallas' first round draft choice Felix Jones, but his season came to an end just six weeks in as he suffered a hamstring injury that led to a toe injury during the rehab process. Jones still managed to turn heads in his limited time as the rookie averaged 8.9 yards-per-carry on 30 runs with three touchdowns. The injuries to the top two backs on the roster had Peete call on his experience as he was forced to use fourth round choice Tashard Choice. Both Peete and Choice stepped up to the challenge as the rookie started three of the final four games and finished with 472 yards and two touchdowns on 92 carries (5.1 avg.).

In his first season in Dallas, Peete's running back tandem of Marion Barber and Julius Jones teamed for 1,563 yards and 12 touchdowns on 368 carries. They were one of just three running back pairs in the league to each have 150-or-more carries and 550-or-more rushing yards. Under Peete's watch, Barber emerged as an all-around threat after spending the first two seasons of his career primarily as a third down and short yardage back. Barber set career numbers with 204 carries for 975 yards to go with his 10 touchdowns and earned his first career Pro Bowl selection despite seeing time as a reserve through the entire regular season. In Barber's lone start of the season - the Divisional Playoff Game - he rushed for a career-best 129 yards and a touchdown on a career-best 27 carries.

In 2006, Peete's work with the Raiders running backs allowed fourth-year man Justin Fargas to rush for his then single-season career-best yardage total (659). The prior season saw LaMont Jordan reach 1,025 yards - the first 1,000-yard season of his career. Jordan also rushed for nine touchdowns, a single-season personal best. Jordan added 70 receptions for 563 yards and two touchdowns.

Peete's running back corps helped the Raiders lead the NFL in total offense, win the 2002 AFC Championship and move on to Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego. Under Peete, the Raiders led the NFL in rushing in 2000 at almost 155 yards-per-game. Tyrone Wheatley led the 2000 team with 1,046 yards on the ground.

Prior to coaching in the NFL, Peete spent two seasons at UCLA, helping coach Skip Hicks to consecutive 1,000-yard and 20-plus touchdown seasons. He was the wide receivers coach at Rutgers (1995) and Michigan State (1993-94). At Michigan State he coached Derrick Mason and Muhsin Muhammad. Peete was on the University of Pittsburgh coaching staff from 1988-92. While with the Panthers, he coached the running backs (1991-92) and mentored future New York Jets rusher Curtis Martin. Peete worked with Pitt's wide receivers (1989-90) after serving one season as a graduate assistant in 1988.

The Phoenix native began his collegiate playing career at the University of Arizona before transferring to Kansas. While at Kansas, Peete was an All-Big Eight wide receiver in 1985 and was voted team captain as a senior in 1986. In 1987 Peete was a wide receiver and played on special teams for the N.Y. Jets. His father Willie is a longtime college and NFL coach and was also a member of the Chicago Bears pro player personnel department. His brother, Rodney, is a former NFL quarterback who played 16 seasons including the 1994 season with the Cowboys and who is currently one of the hosts on Fox Sports Net's "The Best Damn Sports Show Period." He and his wife, Rebeca, have twins, a boy and a girl.

Skip Peete - Born January 30, 1963, Phoenix, Ariz. College: Wide receiver University of Arizona 1981-82, University of Kansas 1984-85. Pro: Wide receiver New York Jets 1987. College Coach: University of Pittsburgh 1988-92, Michigan State 1993-94, Rutgers University 1995, UCLA 1996-97. Pro Coach: Oakland Raiders 1998-2006, Dallas Cowboys 2007-08.