{"id":22325,"date":"2025-01-27T07:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T07:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22325"},"modified":"2025-01-27T07:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T07:13:50","slug":"breaking-cowboys-seek-interview-with-little-known-potential-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22325","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Seek Interview With Little-Known Potential Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<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-90355995-e1737921912368.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-90355995-e1737921912368.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-90355995-e1737921912368.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-90355995-e1737921912368.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Kevin Koger from his days at Michigan\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" data-img-load-time=\"731\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1332\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">ANN ARBOR, MI &#8211; SEPTEMBER 05: Head coach Rich Rodriguez of the Michigan Wolverines talks with Kevin Koger from his days at Michigan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\">Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0have Brian Schottenheimer in place as the team\u2019s new head coach, for better or for worse. While just about no one in the orbit of the Cowboys\u2013former players, fans, media observers\u2013is particularly happy about the way the coaching search unfolded, Schottenheimer would be wise to shut out that noise and simply focus on putting together his staff.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, the search left much to be desired. In the wake of parting ways with former coach Mike McCarthy, the Cowboys conducted a three-week search that produced interviews with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/\">Eagles<\/a>\u00a0offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, himself a former Cowboys offensive coordinator, plus interviews with Seahawks assistant Leslie Frazier and ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/\">Jets<\/a>\u00a0coach Robert Saleh.<\/p>\n<p>There was buzz about Deion Sanders, but no concrete, formal interview. The same could be said of newly hired Raiders coach Pete Carroll, and Packers assistant Rich Bisaccia. Chatter, but no real pursuit. It appeared, really, that Schottenheimer was the guy all along.<\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys Eyeing Matt Eberflus, Kevin Koger<\/h2>\n<p>Now, Schottenheimer has gotten to work on the business of adding to his staff. Obviously, since he\u2019d been the offensive coordinator for the past two years, he will need to fill that role. And, increasingly, it appears that the Cowboys are zeroing in on brining back former Bears head coach Matt Eberflus as the team\u2019s defensive coordinator. Eberflus was fired by Chicago at the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>According to NFL insider<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1883563859308609883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">\u00a0Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network,<\/a> the Cowboys are seeking a rather unconventional pick at offensive coordinator, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#Cowboys<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0requested an interview with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Falcons?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#Falcons<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0TE coach Kevin Koger for their offensive coordinator job, per source,\u201d Pelissero reported on Twitter\/X on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Koger is just 35 years old and has no resume whatsoever as a coordinator. He has been the Falcons\u2019 tight ends coach for this season, and had been with the Chargers in the same role from 2021-23. He was a quality control assistant with the Packers before that.<\/p>\n<h2>Brian Schottenheimer a Controversial Pick<\/h2>\n<p>Schottenheimer\u2019s controversial hiring\u2013many suggest that it\u2019s a way, simply, for team owner Jerry Jones to pay top dollar for a head coach\u2013will be officially announced on Monday afternoon. In breaking the news of the hire, though, Adam Schefter of ESPN spoke to Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,\u201d Jones said. \u201cHe ain\u2019t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer has never been a head coach but he has spent 14 years as an offensive coordinator, including the last two for Dallas. He\u2019s spent eight years as a quarterbacks coach and was in the collegiate ranks for three seasons. He spent one year, 2022, as a consultant for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty ANN ARBOR, MI &#8211; SEPTEMBER 05: Head coach Rich Rodriguez of the Michigan Wolverines talks with Kevin Koger from his days at Michigan The\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0have Brian Schottenheimer&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22325","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Cowboys Seek Interview With Little-Known Potential Addition - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22325\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Cowboys Seek Interview With Little-Known Potential Addition - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getty ANN ARBOR, MI &#8211; 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