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Cowboys' Brian Schottenheimer's roots extend beyond dad Marty

FRISCO, Texas -- Not long after he was named the 10th head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Brian Schottenheimer received a text message from his high school coach.

"If it gets stressful," Steve Rampy wrote, "just give them a BYA shirt."

The message took Schottenheimer back 34 years to when he was a senior at Blue Valley High School in Overland Park, Kansas. The Tigers did not make the playoffs during Schottenheimer's junior year in 1990 and the players came up with a slogan for the following season.

On the front of the shirt was the school's mascot, a Tiger.