{"id":21022,"date":"2025-01-21T08:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T08:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21022"},"modified":"2025-01-21T08:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T08:20:24","slug":"breaking-cowboys-make-announcement-on-leslie-frazier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21022","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cowboys Make Announcement on Leslie Frazier"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2170857375-e1737422786242.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2170857375-e1737422786242.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2170857375-e1737422786242.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2170857375-e1737422786242.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"The Cowboys have completed their interview with Leslie Frazier.\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"256\" data-dom-ready-time=\"741\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Cowboys have completed their interview with Leslie Frazier.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0have completed their interview with Leslie Frazier as the franchise\u2019s search for their next head coach continues.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier interviewed with the Cowboys in person on Monday. The team announced the interview via social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have completed an in-person interview with Leslie Frazier for our Head Coach position,\u201d the team\u2019s official account\u00a0wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas has also met with former\u00a0New York Jets\u00a0head coach\u00a0Robert Saleh\u00a0in person and did a virtual interview with\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0offensive coordinator\u00a0Kellen Moore.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier, 65, served as the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u2018 head coach from 2011 to 2013. Initially stepping in as interim head coach following Brad Childress\u2019 departure in 2010, Frazier was retained for the next three seasons, amassing a 21-33-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier\u2019s first full season in 2011 was challenging, ending with a 3-13 record. However, he orchestrated a turnaround in 2012, leading the Vikings to a 10-6 record. Frazier has worked mostly as a defensive coordinator in the NFL, spending time with the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals, Vikings,\u00a0Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u00a0and\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0in that position.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s most recently served as an assistant head coach with the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys OC Brian Schottenheimer New Favorite for Job<\/h2>\n<p>The Cowboys and\u00a0Mike McCarthy\u00a0parted ways last week. He spent five seasons with the Cowboys, amassing a 49-35 record. However, the sides decided to go their separate ways after a\u00a0 7-10 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Shottenheimer, a member of McCarthy\u2019s staff, is currently the\u00a0betting favorite\u00a0to land the Cowboys head coaching job. He has been on the Dallas staff for the last three seasons and the offensive coordinator for the last two.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, an official interview has not been scheduled with Schottenheimer. He\u2019s the son of the late Marty Schottenheimer and has never been a head coach in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The case for Schottenheimer would be that he is familiar with the team, owner Jerry Jones, and quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott. However, it would be far from an inspiring hire and one that the fan base may have difficulty getting behind.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Deion Sanders Odds Plummeting to be Next Cowboys Head Coach<\/h2>\n<p>Colorado head coach\u00a0Deion Sanders\u00a0was once the favorite to be the next skipper of the Cowboys. But the buzz appears to be dying down despite his relationship with Jones, who reached out about the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo hear from Jerry Jones is truly delightful, and it\u2019s intriguing,\u201d\u00a0Sanders told ESPN. \u201cI love Jerry and believe in Jerry. After you hang up, and process it, and think about it, it\u2019s intriguing. But I love Boulder and everything there is about our team, the coaches, our student body and the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Cowboys reporter Ed Werder added shortly after their talk that Sanders would accept the job if offered and that the idea is growing on Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding Deion Sanders: I\u2019m being told that he would almost certainly accept if Jerry Jones offers to make him the next Cowboys head coach, that those around him are encouraging him to pursue it and that Jones is enamored with the idea,\u201d\u00a0Werder wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is currently in negotiations with Colorado on a lucrative extension. It appears likely that he\u2019ll stay put with the Buffaloes and the Cowboys will be looking at other options.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__author-bio\">\n<p><strong>J.R. DeGroote<\/strong>\u00a0covers the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Lakers for Heavy.com. He graduated from Arizona State and has decades of experience in digital media with previous stops at SBNation and Bleacher Report. He has won multiple state, regional and national honors for sports reporting and photography.\u00a0More about J.R. DeGroote<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images The Cowboys have completed their interview with Leslie Frazier. 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