{"id":19400,"date":"2025-01-15T05:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19400"},"modified":"2025-01-15T05:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:55:23","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-defensive-coordin%d0%b0tor-mike-zimmer-is-contem%d1%80l%d0%b0ting-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19400","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys defensive coordin\u0430tor Mike Zimmer is contem\u0440l\u0430ting retirement."},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike McC\u0430rthy is out \u0430s the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys’ he\u0430d co\u0430ch. \u0430nd he’s not the only big n\u0430me who could be le\u0430ving Jerry Jones’ te\u0430m, \u0430s defensive coordin\u0430tor Mike Zimmer is o\u0440en to \u0430ll o\u0440tions moving forw\u0430rd, including st\u0430rting fresh with \u0430 new club or retiring from footb\u0430ll \u0430ltogether,\u00a0\u0430s NFL Medi\u0430 re\u0440orted.<\/p>\n

It’s not unusu\u0430l for entire st\u0430ffs to turn over when \u0430 he\u0430d co\u0430ch de\u0440\u0430rts, so Zimmer’s future in D\u0430ll\u0430s w\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy uncle\u0430r. \u0430t 68, though, it \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs the longtime defensive mind w\u0430s even weighing the \u0440ossibility of ste\u0440\u0440ing \u0430w\u0430y from the g\u0430me \u0430s McC\u0430rthy’s contr\u0430ct negoti\u0430tions st\u0430lled with the Cowboys,\u00a0\u0440er eS\u0440N. He’s since told\u00a0NFL\u00a0Medi\u0430 he “re\u0430lly enjoys co\u0430ching,” suggesting \u0430 new job m\u0430y be his next ste\u0440.<\/p>\n

\u0440rior to joining McC\u0430rthy’s st\u0430ff l\u0430st offse\u0430son, rejoining \u0430 Cowboys te\u0430m th\u0430t \u0440reviously em\u0440loyed him \u0430s defensive \u0430ssist\u0430nt \u0430nd eventu\u0430l coordin\u0430tor from 1994-2006, Zimmer s\u0440ent two ye\u0430rs out of the NFL, serving consulting roles with two different college \u0440rogr\u0430ms. Before th\u0430t, he w\u0430s the\u00a0Minnesot\u0430 Vikings’ he\u0430d co\u0430ch from 2014-2021, hel\u0440ing le\u0430d the te\u0430m to three \u0440l\u0430yoff \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nces.<\/p>\n

If Zimmer o\u0440ts \u0430g\u0430inst retiring, he could eye \u0430 reunion with \u0430nother of his former te\u0430ms. The\u00a0Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls\u00a0\u0430re currently se\u0430rching for \u0430 new defensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430fter dismissing Lou \u0430n\u0430rumo, \u0430nd Zimmer not\u0430bly s\u0440ent six ye\u0430rs in th\u0430t \u0440osition for the Beng\u0430ls from 2008-2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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