Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones pushed back hard on the notion that his decision to promote offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to be his next head coach was one made out of comfort.
If, like I did, you woke up yesterday hoping that Jerry Jones had changed his mind about Brian Schottenheimer, well, he didn’t. Yesterday’s Jerry Jones self-lovefest press conference confirmed Schottenheimer will be the team’s 10th head coach.
The Cowboys have hired offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach after parting ways with Mike McCarthy.
The Dallas Cowboys made the perplexing move on Friday evening of promoting offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to the team’s head coaching position. Schottenheimer rose the ranks in Dallas from being a coaching analyst in 2022 to the team’s offensive play-caller in 2023 and the team’s head coach in 2025.
Serving as Cowboys offensive coordinator the last two seaosns, Schottenheimer brings 25 years of NFL coaching experience to the job.
A familiar face, Schottenheimer steps into the role after orchestrating the Cowboys' offense as the offensive coordinator for the past two seasons, despite not calling plays. He succeeds Mike McCarthy, whose tenure ended following the team's disappointing 7-10 finish in 2024.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told fans he is still a "risk taker" and hiring Brian Schottenheimer as head coach is "is as big a risk as you can take."
Legendary coach Tom Landry was first and perhaps the greatest. Since Jerry Jones bought the franchise in 1989, the Cowboys have had nine head coaches
After the Dallas Cowboys didn’t reach an agreement to retain coach Mike McCarthy, owner Jerry Jones chose a successor from within and promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to head coach, in a move that would have been seen as stunning as recently as a few days ago.
As the Dallas Cowboys are still looking for their next head coach, they've made progress with Brian Schottenheimer.
Jerry Jones and the Cowboys are taking a lot of heat for hiring first-time head coach Brian Schottenheimer. But here's why it makes sense.