The more games the Dallas Cowboys lose, the more likely it seems that the team will have a new head coach in 2025.
Mike McCarthy entered the year as a lame-duck coach forced to play out the final year of his contract with no guarantee he’ll have a job the following season by an owner taking a surprisingly laissez-faire approach to 2024.
With McCarthy seemingly on his way out, the Cowboys have been linked to two big names as is potential replacement: Bill Belichick and Deion Sanders. While the former make a lot of sense considering he and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones are close friends, Sanders also makes a lot of sense on paper.
However, he’s made it clear going to the NFL doesn’t interest him, and the powers that be in the team’s front office don’t seem to have any interest in trying to entice him back to Dallas, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
“Coach Prime isn’t landing at The Star,” Russini wrote. “The 57-year-old University of Colorado coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback has said publicly he wants to stay in college football, despite some theories that Jerry Jones is targeting his former star.
“Sanders holds an 11-10 record over two seasons with the Buffaloes, and as of now, I have not spoken to a team decision-maker interested in bringing Sanders in as an NFL head coach. (A real shame; his sunglasses would be perfect for that glaring sun in Dallas.)”
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Deion Sanders.
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Sanders’ star is on the rise with the program revival he’s leading at Colorado. The Buffaloes improved to 8-2 with a 49-24 win over Utah on Saturday, and there’s a good chance that 8-2 Colorado gets into the 12-team College Football Playoffs.
And despite the efforts of some who carry a lot of weight with the Cowboys, like former star receiver Michael Irvin who tried advocating for Jones to hire Sanders during Friday’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight, it doesn’t seem like Sanders is a viable option for Dallas.
