The Dallas Cowboys may not have to look far to find their next head coach.
Eight days after the team parted ways with head coach Mike McCarthy (and amid swirling rumors about Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders), multiple reports indicate that Dallas is expected to interview offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for its head coaching vacancy.
Schottenheimer, 51, is said to be ‘well-respected’ in Dallas and has been an offensive coordinator for five different teams – the Jets, Rams, college football’s Georgia Bulldogs, Seahawks and Cowboys – since 2006. He’s spent the last two years as the Dallas’ offensive coordinator after spending the 2022 season as an offensive analyst for the team.
Schottenheimer was never the offensive play-caller in either of the last two seasons. McCarthy, the (former) head coach, took over those duties in 2023 after previous OC Kellen Moore left to take his current job with the Eagles.
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In 2023, Schottenheimer’s first season as Cowboys OC, the team finished with the best scoring offense in the NFL, went 12-5 and won the NFC East division title.
This year, Dallas finished 21st in the NFL in points per game, went 7-10 and missed the playoffs.