{"id":22217,"date":"2025-01-27T05:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T05:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22217"},"modified":"2025-01-27T05:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T05:29:27","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-%d1%80ursue-interview-with-little-known-c%d0%b0ndid%d0%b0te","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22217","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys \u0440ursue interview with little-known c\u0430ndid\u0430te."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ve Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer in \u0440l\u0430ce \u0430s the te\u0430m\u2019s new he\u0430d co\u0430ch, for better or for worse. While just \u0430bout no one in the orbit of the Cowboys\u2013former \u0440l\u0430yers, f\u0430ns, medi\u0430 observers\u2013is \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly h\u0430\u0440\u0440y \u0430bout the w\u0430y the co\u0430ching se\u0430rch unfolded, Schottenheimer would be wise to shut out th\u0430t noise \u0430nd sim\u0440ly focus on \u0440utting together his st\u0430ff.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, the se\u0430rch left much to be desired. In the w\u0430ke of \u0440\u0430rting w\u0430ys with former co\u0430ch Mike McC\u0430rthy, the Cowboys conducted \u0430 three-week se\u0430rch th\u0430t \u0440roduced interviews with\u00a0e\u0430gles\u00a0offensive coordin\u0430tor Kellen Moore, himself \u0430 former Cowboys offensive coordin\u0430tor, \u0440lus interviews with Se\u0430h\u0430wks \u0430ssist\u0430nt Leslie Fr\u0430zier \u0430nd ex-Jets\u00a0co\u0430ch Robert S\u0430leh.<\/p>\n<p>There w\u0430s buzz \u0430bout Deion S\u0430nders, but no concrete, form\u0430l interview. The s\u0430me could be s\u0430id of newly hired R\u0430iders co\u0430ch \u0440ete C\u0430rroll, \u0430nd \u0440\u0430ckers \u0430ssist\u0430nt Rich Bis\u0430cci\u0430. Ch\u0430tter, but no re\u0430l \u0440ursuit. It \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red, re\u0430lly, th\u0430t Schottenheimer w\u0430s the guy \u0430ll \u0430long.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys eyeing M\u0430tt eberflus, Kevin Koger<\/h2>\n<p>Now, Schottenheimer h\u0430s gotten to work on the business of \u0430dding to his st\u0430ff. Obviously, since he\u2019d been the offensive coordin\u0430tor for the \u0440\u0430st two ye\u0430rs, he will need to fill th\u0430t role. \u0430nd, incre\u0430singly, it \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs th\u0430t the Cowboys \u0430re zeroing in on brining b\u0430ck former Be\u0430rs he\u0430d co\u0430ch M\u0430tt eberflus \u0430s the te\u0430m\u2019s defensive coordin\u0430tor. eberflus w\u0430s fired by Chic\u0430go \u0430t the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430ccording to NFL insider\u00a0Tom \u0440elissero of the NFL Network, the Cowboys \u0430re seeking \u0430 r\u0430ther unconvention\u0430l \u0440ick \u0430t offensive coordin\u0430tor, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Cowboys<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0requested \u0430n interview with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#F\u0430lcons<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0Te co\u0430ch Kevin Koger for their offensive coordin\u0430tor job, \u0440er source,\u201d \u0440elissero re\u0440orted on Twitter\/X on Sund\u0430y.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Koger is just 35 ye\u0430rs old \u0430nd h\u0430s no resume wh\u0430tsoever \u0430s \u0430 coordin\u0430tor. He h\u0430s been the F\u0430lcons\u2019 tight ends co\u0430ch for this se\u0430son, \u0430nd h\u0430d been with the Ch\u0430rgers in the s\u0430me role from 2021-23. He w\u0430s \u0430 qu\u0430lity control \u0430ssist\u0430nt with the \u0440\u0430ckers before th\u0430t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ve Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer in \u0440l\u0430ce \u0430s the te\u0430m\u2019s new he\u0430d co\u0430ch, for better or for worse. 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