{"id":22181,"date":"2025-01-27T01:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T01:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22181"},"modified":"2025-01-27T01:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T01:34:14","slug":"breaking-cowboys-source-suggests-coach-mike-zimmer-makes-major-decision-on-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22181","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Source Suggests Coach Mike Zimmer Makes Major Decision on Future.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Mike Zimmer, who helped turn around the Dallas defense over the course of a difficult 7-10 season, reportedly won&#8217;t come back to the Cowboys with Brian Schottenheimer in charge.<\/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; Just a few days ago,\u00a0Mike Zimmer, the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0defensive coordinator, wasa saying &#8220;all options are open&#8221; in regard to his coaching future.<\/p>\n<p>But now, in the wake of the Cowboys having made the decision to move on from\u00a0Mike McCarthy?<\/p>\n<p>A source suggests that Zimmer is closing his door here at The Star.<\/p>\n<p>The early conversation for head coach around here included some expected names like Robert Saleh and Kellen Moore and then some wild card coaches like Jason Witten and\u00a0Deion Sanders\u00a0being mentioned.<\/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=\"3\">\n<div id=\"_adr_abp_container_3\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" data-packetid=\"00000001-5cc669ba-b4f7-4d0f-9da0-5285a39d1ddf\" data-render-time=\"1737941202820\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"iframe-ad-container-7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" src=\"https:\/\/delivery.adrecover.com\/recover.html?siteId=46584&amp;dataDogLoggingEnabled=false&amp;dataDogLoggingVersion=1\" name=\"7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We discussed, too, the idea of Jones loyalist Zimmer being in the &#8220;back pocket&#8221; as an option.<\/p>\n<p>But then the candidacy of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer accelerated with his two days of interviews, and now he will move up to the top chair.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning Zimmer will likely move on.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not sure if this is a sour note in regard to the inner-workings of the 2024 coaching staff; did D-coordinator Zimmer and O-coordinator Schottenheimer, working McCarthy, not click?<\/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 id=\"_adr_abp_container_5\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"f93a952a73a4c8719dd32e0528f6eee3\" data-packetid=\"00000001-5cc669ba-b4f7-4d0f-9da0-5285a39d1ddf\" data-render-time=\"1737941202843\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"iframe-ad-container-f93a952a73a4c8719dd32e0528f6eee3\" src=\"https:\/\/delivery.adrecover.com\/recover.html?siteId=46584&amp;dataDogLoggingEnabled=false&amp;dataDogLoggingVersion=1\" name=\"f93a952a73a4c8719dd32e0528f6eee3\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\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=\"3\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Zimmer, 68, He signed a one-year deal with Dallas last offseason, returning to the sidelines for the first time since the Vikings fired him after the 2022 season.<\/p>\n<p>He did help turn around the Dallas defense over the course of a difficult 7-10 season. But he was also recently engaged to his now fianc\u00e9e and has talked of a possible retirement, with his grandchildren and his racehorses taking priority in his life.<\/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 id=\"_adr_abp_container_6\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"a949c511f11a84c1ee0b5e40ffd4273a\" data-packetid=\"00000001-5cc669ba-b4f7-4d0f-9da0-5285a39d1ddf\" data-render-time=\"1737941202854\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"iframe-ad-container-a949c511f11a84c1ee0b5e40ffd4273a\" src=\"https:\/\/delivery.adrecover.com\/recover.html?siteId=46584&amp;dataDogLoggingEnabled=false&amp;dataDogLoggingVersion=1\" name=\"a949c511f11a84c1ee0b5e40ffd4273a\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\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=\"3\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Other &#8220;options&#8221; could be with a number of different teams for Zimmer; he retains a connection with the Bengals, and he could hook back up with buddy Deion Sanders &#8230; in Colorado, let&#8217;s say.<\/p>\n<p>But Zimmer and the work doe with Cowboys&#8217; defensive star Micah Parsons and others?<\/p>\n<p>That chapter appears to be done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Zimmer, who helped turn around the Dallas defense over the course of a difficult 7-10 season, reportedly won&#8217;t come back to the Cowboys with Brian Schottenheimer&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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