FRISCO – The Dallas Cowboys head coaching search, is over, with Jerry and Stephen Jones finally zeroing in on an in-house candidate in Brian Schottenheiemer.

As of Friday night, Schottenheimer, the out-of-contract offensive coordinator here the last two years. Is now the man in charge

“Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,” Jerry Jones said via ESPN. “He ain’t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.”

“Schotty,” 51, has a lengthy résumé as a coordinator, but this will be his first job as a head coach.

A protege of departed head coach Mike McCarthy and the son of legendary coach Marty Schottenheimer, Brian becomes the 10th head coach in Dallas history.

Dallas conducted officially visits with Leslie Frazier, Robert Saleh, Kellen Moore and finally Schottenheimer, the only one in the group to get a second interview.

Dallas did seemly seemingly flirt at different levels with ideas featuring Deion Sanders, Pete Carroll and Rich Bisaccia. Their did seem to be a feeling here inside the building that the legendary Jason Witten will be part of the staff going forward.

Schottenheimer, who in some ways is cut from the same coaching cloth as McCarthy with roots in the West Coast Offense, will likely want to serve as his own play-caller.

Schottenheimer, who comes to the head coach role with the thumbs-up endorsement of locker-room leader Dak Prescott – “He’ll be ready for the next step,” Prescott recently said, “he has the right personality and brain” – has according to sources already put down the groundwork for a new staff.

There are rumors about Dallas trying to outbid the Niners for defensive coordinator Robert Saleh; that’s not happening. It seems Mike Zimmer is now less likely to return. And top aide Al Harris just jumped to the Bears.

What about Matt Eberflus, the fired Bears coach, coming back to Dallas in a kiss-and-make-up scenario?

Schottenheimer – who reportedly gets a four-year contract here – will oversee his first media session slated for Monday morning at The Star.

Critics of the move are already doubting that Schottenheimer is superior to McCarthy and that Jerry’s coaching search was more “cheap” than it was “deep.”

At the same time, the Cowboys new coach has an army of supporters in the NFL community, many who point to Dak’s terrific 2023 season when he was the NFL MVP runner-up as a foundational reason that justifies the hire.

Pair that with his 2018 work when the Seahawks boasted the league’s top rushing offense while quarterback Russell Wilson posted a career-high 110.9 passer rating. … and there can be a winning offensive formula here. …

Regardless of what Cowboys Nation thinks of the approach by Jerry Jones that has guided Dallas to this conclusion.