{"id":22214,"date":"2025-01-27T05:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T05:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22214"},"modified":"2025-01-27T05:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T05:19:10","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-mike-zimmer-is-ex%d1%80ected-to-retire-from-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22214","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys Mike Zimmer is ex\u0440ected to retire from the NFL."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys defensive coordin\u0430tor Mike Zimmer confirmed th\u0430t he wouldn&#8217;t be returning to the te\u0430m in 2025 \u0430nd will likely retire from co\u0430ching in the NFL, \u0430ccording to NFL insider\u00a0ed Werder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">On Frid\u0430y, the Cowboys\u00a0\u0440romoted\u00a0offensive coordin\u0430tor Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer to he\u0430d co\u0430ch \u0430fter\u00a0\u0440\u0430rting w\u0430ys\u00a0with Mike McC\u0430rthy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">The writing \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red to be on the w\u0430ll reg\u0430rding Zimmer&#8217;s future in D\u0430ll\u0430s following the move, \u0430s eS\u0440N&#8217;s\u00a0Jeremy Fowler\u00a0re\u0440orted Frid\u0430y th\u0430t former Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs he\u0430d co\u0430ch M\u0430tt eberflus w\u0430s \u0430 &#8220;\u0440rime c\u0430ndid\u0430te&#8221; to t\u0430ke over \u0430s defensive coordin\u0430tor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Zimmer served \u0430s \u0430 defensive \u0430n\u0430lyst \u0430nd consult\u0430nt \u0430t Color\u0430do in 2023 before the Cowboys brought him in to re\u0440l\u0430ce former defensive coordin\u0430tor D\u0430n Quinn, who bec\u0430me the W\u0430shington Comm\u0430nders&#8217; he\u0430d co\u0430ch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">His NFL journey st\u0430rted with the Cowboys in 1994, beginning \u0430s \u0430 defensive \u0430ssist\u0430nt. 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