Wade Phillips will be the coach of the Cowboys next season, but his long-term security is still in question. Dallas signed Paul Pasqualoni as an assistant coach this week, a move that owner Jerry Jones admitted means Phillips will be retained. "I think it does," Jones said. "Certainly, I'm pleased with the job Wade is doing and has done. I certainly am interested in building on what we've got going right now in the positive way. "I think it would clearly say, if you sort through the circumstances of Paul's hire, that it's [a] go here for Wade. But again, we haven't sat down and talked about it." The Cowboys are expected to exercise the 2010 option on Phillips' contract.