{"id":19836,"date":"2025-01-17T03:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19836"},"modified":"2025-01-17T03:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:01:08","slug":"breaking-cowboys-request-head-coaching-interview-with-hotshot-young-coordinator-after-deion-sanders-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19836","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys request head coaching interview with hotshot young coordinator after Deion Sanders inquiry.."},"content":{"rendered":"

After making the decision to move on from head coach Mike McCarthy, the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys<\/span>\u00a0are requesting to interview a rising star in the coaching world who currently works for a hated division rival.<\/p>\n

Dallas has officially requested to interview with\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles<\/span>\u00a0offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.<\/p>\n

Moore is considered to be one of the top coordinator coaching prospects on the market and has already set up interviews for the vacancies with the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/span>\u00a0and the\u00a0New Orleans<\/span>\u00a0Saints.<\/p>\n

Despite his current position with the division rival Eagles, Moore is well acquainted with the Cowboys after years of playing and coaching in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Moore was a backup quarterback for the Cowboys for three seasons before transitioning into the coaching ranks.<\/p>\n

He got his coaching career started in Dallas – first as the team’s quarterbacks coach and then the offensive coordinator from 2018-2022. Moore left Dallas after mutually agreeing to part ways with the team.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Cowboys have requested to interview Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Moore has previous experience with the Cowboys system and is known by owner Jerry Jones<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jones has also reportedly spoken with University of Colorado coach Deion Sanders for the job<\/p>\n

From there, he joined the staff with the Los Angeles Chargers before moving to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

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For some Cowboys fans, this mirrors the same process as another former Dallas head coach, Jason Garrett. Garrett spent a good chunk of his playing career in Dallas from 1992-1999.<\/p>\n

After retiring in 2004, Garrett spent two years as a QB coach in Miami before jumping to Dallas in 2007 and staying there in multiple roles for 12 years. Most notably, he was the head coach of the Cowboys from 2011-2019.<\/p>\n

Moore was the offensive coordinator under McCarthy for multiple seasons in which his offenses ranked in the top-ten league wide in four of his five seasons with the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

The one exception came in the 2020 season, when starting QB Dak Prescott only played five games.<\/p>\n

Some believe that he could be the ideal candidate for owner Jerry Jones considering he’s very familiar with Moore throughout the years.<\/p>\n

The interview with Moore comes after Dallas has been linked to University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders, another former Cowboys player.<\/p>\n

Jones and Sanders have reportedly spoken about the vacancy and some reports have tapped ‘Coach Prime’ as the top candidate for the position.<\/p>\n

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