{"id":21909,"date":"2025-01-25T08:43:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T08:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21909"},"modified":"2025-01-25T08:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T08:43:54","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-announce-brian-schottenheimer-head-coach-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21909","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys Announce Brian Schottenheimer Head Coach Hiring.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">.\u201cBrian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.\u201d &#8211; Jerry Jones.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>FRISCO &#8211;\u00a0The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0head coaching search, is over, with Jerry and Stephen Jones finally zeroing in on an in-house candidate in\u00a0Brian Schottenheiemer.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday night, Schottenheimer, the out-of-contract offensive coordinator here the last two years. Is now the man in charge<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,\u201d Jerry Jones said via ESPN. \u201cHe ain\u2019t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSchotty,\u201d 51, has a lengthy r\u00e9sum\u00e9 as a coordinator, but this will be his first job as a head coach.<\/p>\n<p>A protege of departed head coach\u00a0Mike McCarthy\u00a0and the son of legendary coach Marty Schottenheimer, Brian becomes the 10th head coach in Dallas history.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dallas did seemly seemingly flirt at different levels with ideas featuring\u00a0Deion 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Schottenheimer, who comes to the head coach role with the thumbs-up endorsement of locker-room leader\u00a0Dak Prescott &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;He&#8217;ll be ready for the next step,&#8221; Prescott recently said, &#8220;he has the right personality and brain&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; has according to sources already put down the groundwork for a new staff.<\/p>\n<p>There are rumors about Dallas trying to outbid the Niners for defensive coordinator Robert Saleh; that&#8217;s not happening. It seems Mike Zimmer is now less likely to return. And top aide Al Harris just jumped to the Bears.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What about Matt Eberflus, the fired Bears coach, coming back to Dallas in a kiss-and-make-up scenario?<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer &#8211; who reportedly gets a four-year contract here &#8211; will oversee his first media session slated for Monday morning at The Star.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the move are already doubting that Schottenheimer is superior to McCarthy and that Jerry\u2019s coaching search was more \u201ccheap\u201d than it was \u201cdeep.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\" data-zone-count=\"5\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, the Cowboys new coach has an army of supporters in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0community, many who point to Dak\u2019s terrific 2023 season when he was the NFL MVP runner-up as a foundational reason that justifies the hire.<\/p>\n<p>Pair that with his 2018 work when the Seahawks boasted the league&#8217;s top rushing offense while\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Russell Wilson posted a career-high 110.9 passer rating. \u2026 and there can be a winning offensive formula here. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what Cowboys Nation thinks of the approach by Jerry Jones that has guided Dallas to this conclusion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.\u201cBrian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant. 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