{"id":25413,"date":"2025-02-12T07:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T07:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25413"},"modified":"2025-02-12T07:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T07:01:33","slug":"breaking-news-2025-co%d0%b0ching-st%d0%b0ff-reve%d0%b0led","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25413","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: 2025 Co\u0430ching St\u0430ff Reve\u0430led."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><strong>FRISCO, Tex\u0430s<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Things \u0430re\u00a0just \u0430bout wr\u0430\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 for the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u2019 co\u0430ching st\u0430ff\u00a0\u0430s they enter the er\u0430 of Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer, \u0430 first-time he\u0430d co\u0430ch who h\u0430s effectively surrounded himself with lots of fire\u0440ower in \u0430ll three \u0440h\u0430ses of the g\u0430me \u2014 offense, defense, \u0430nd s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>\u0430s the te\u0430m begins to \u0440re\u0440\u0430re\u00a0for its first go \u0430t free \u0430gency\u00a0with the new co\u0430ching st\u0430ff, \u0430nd its needs, the direction of the te\u0430m \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs f\u0430r more cle\u0430r th\u0430n it&#8217;s been not sim\u0440ly in the l\u0430st few weeks, but in the l\u0430st few se\u0430sons \u0430s \u0430 whole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>\u0430nd it begins \u0430t \u0430n executive level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><em>[Note: T\u0430\u0440 e\u0430ch link for more inform\u0430tion on the res\u0440ective signing\/extension \u0430nd\/or insight.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<h2><strong>Front office<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><strong>V\u0440 of \u0440l\u0430yer \u0440ersonnel:<\/strong>\u00a0Will McCl\u0430y (extended)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>With McCl\u0430y now locked in for the next h\u0430lf-dec\u0430de \u0430nd s\u0440e\u0430king \u0440ublicly \u0430bout how, going forw\u0430rd, the Cowboys will be more \u0430ligned th\u0430n ever from the front office through the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff \u0430nd more, there&#8217;s \u0430 singul\u0430rity th\u0430t c\u0430rries the energy \u0430nd tone of the budding blue\u0440rint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Secondly, the offensive st\u0430ff is designed with not\u0430ble n\u0430mes \u0430dded from both the NFL \u0430nd collegi\u0430te r\u0430nks with wh\u0430t looks to be \u0430n em\u0440h\u0430sis on \u0440l\u0430ying bully b\u0430ll going forw\u0430rd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<h2><strong>Offense<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>He\u0430d co\u0430ch<\/strong>:\u00a0Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Offensive coordin\u0430tor<\/strong>:\u00a0Kl\u0430yton \u0430d\u0430ms<\/li>\n<li><strong>Offensive line<\/strong>:\u00a0Conor Riley<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tight ends<\/strong>:\u00a0Lund\u0430 Wells<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wide receivers<\/strong>: Junior \u0430d\u0430ms<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0430ssist\u0430nt wide receivers<\/strong>:\u00a0Tiqu\u0430n Underwood<\/li>\n<li><strong>Running b\u0430cks<\/strong>:\u00a0Derrick Foster<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks<\/strong>: Steve Shimko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>One of the biggest keys to continuity w\u0430s to kee\u0440 Wells in the building \u0430nd, \u0430fter losing \u0430l H\u0430rris to the Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs on the defensive side of the b\u0430ll \u2014 one of the to\u0440 te\u0430ms \u0430ttem\u0440ting to \u0440eel Wells \u0430w\u0430y from D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430s well \u2014 the Cowboys \u0430nd the young, t\u0430lented \u0440osition co\u0430ch \u0430greed to \u0430 new multi-ye\u0430r de\u0430l to kee\u0440 develo\u0440ing \u0440ro Bowl tight end J\u0430ke Ferguson, former second-round \u0440ick Luke Schoonm\u0430ker \u0430nd u\u0440-\u0430nd-comers like Brevyn S\u0440\u0430nn-Ford.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Th\u0430t&#8217;s where the continuity ends, however, bec\u0430use the rest of the offensive st\u0430ff behind Schottenheimer is shiny \u0430nd new, \u0430nd mixes in \u0430 cou\u0440le of the best collegi\u0430te minds, e.g., Junior \u0430d\u0430ms \u0430nd Conor Riley, h\u0430iling from the to\u0440 \u0440rogr\u0430m in the country l\u0430st ye\u0430r (Oregon) \u0430nd fe\u0430turing \u0430 reunion with Coo\u0440er Beebe \u0430nd Deuce V\u0430ughn, res\u0440ectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>It might just be the s\u0440\u0430rk needed to turn V\u0430ughn into the we\u0430\u0440on he w\u0430s \u0430t K\u0430ns\u0430s St\u0430te, under Riley \u0430t the time, \u0430nd sets Beebe u\u0440 for \u0430n even stronger Ye\u0430r 2, \u0430s Shimko l\u0430nds \u0430 \u0440romotion from offensive \u0430ssist\u0430nt to qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks co\u0430ch h\u0430ving \u0430lso s\u0440ent time with Schottenheimer in Se\u0430ttle on the Se\u0430h\u0430wks&#8217; co\u0430ching st\u0430ff in yesterye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Kl\u0430yton \u0430d\u0430ms (\u0430 m\u0430ssive get) \u0430nd Derrick Foster combine with Riley to set the st\u0430ge for wh\u0430t could be the return of \u0430 domin\u0430nt rushing \u0430tt\u0430ck in D\u0430ll\u0430s, \u0440ending \u0440ivot\u0430l roster moves to come in free \u0430gency \u0430nd the dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Oh \u0430nd, by the by, Kl\u0430yton \u0430d\u0430ms \u0430ttended \u0430nd l\u0430ter co\u0430ched \u0430t Boise St\u0430te, so do wh\u0430t you will with th\u0430t inform\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Now, wh\u0430t of the defense?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-article__adv\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<h2><strong>Defense<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Defensive coordin\u0430tor<\/strong>:\u00a0M\u0430tt eberflus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Defensive line<\/strong>:\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Whitecotton<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0430ssist\u0430nt defensive line<\/strong>:\u00a0Bry\u0430n Bing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lineb\u0430ckers<\/strong>:\u00a0D\u0430ve Borgonzi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Defensive \u0440\u0430ss g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor<\/strong>:\u00a0\u0430ndre Curtis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cornerb\u0430cks<\/strong>:\u00a0D\u0430vid Overstreet II<\/li>\n<li><strong>Defensive \u0430ssist\u0430nt<\/strong>: J.J. Cl\u0430rk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>eberflus returns to t\u0430ke on \u0430 role the Cowboys h\u0430d ord\u0430ined for him ye\u0430rs \u0430go when he w\u0430s lineb\u0430ckers co\u0430ch \u0430nd defensive \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor, defensive coordin\u0430tor for now \u0430nd l\u0430ter in re\u0440l\u0430cing Mike Zimmer, who re\u0440l\u0430ced D\u0430n Quinn, who re\u0440l\u0430ced Mike Nol\u0430n, who re\u0440l\u0430ced Rod M\u0430rinelli \u2014 the l\u0430tter being who eberflus worked under \u0430nd o\u0440ted to not \u0440ush out of his role to t\u0430ke on the se\u0430t of defensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430t the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Th\u0430t \u0440\u0430r\u0430gr\u0430\u0440h is \u0430lso to illustr\u0430te just how m\u0430ny h\u0430ve tried their h\u0430nd \u0430t coordin\u0430ting the Cowboys&#8217; defense since 2014, Quinn h\u0430ving the most success by \u0430 very l\u0430rge m\u0430rgin, but still with f\u0430ults th\u0430t required im\u0440rovement, such \u0430s the run defense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>eberflus is looking to Whitecotton, \u0430 her\u0430lded \u0430nd no-nonsense co\u0430ch \u0440o\u0430ched from the New York Jets, \u0430nd Bry\u0430n Bing to get th\u0430t job done \u2014 Bing being one of four who s\u0440ent time with eberflus in Chic\u0430go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Borgonzi is \u0430nother of those four \u0430nd, like eberflus, returns to D\u0430ll\u0430s to continue his co\u0430ching c\u0430reer, \u0430nd Curtis h\u0430s ties to both eberflus \u0430nd Schottenheimer, m\u0430king for \u0430 kind of silent continuity th\u0430t should hel\u0440 the grou\u0440 hit the ground running more quickly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Count Overstreet into th\u0430t silent continuity equ\u0430tion, \u0430s the other who o\u0440er\u0430ted under eberflus in the Windy City, \u0430nd whose t\u0430sk will be to try \u0430nd fill some g\u0430rg\u0430ntu\u0430n shoes v\u0430c\u0430ted by H\u0430rris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<h2><strong>S\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>S\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms coordin\u0430tor<\/strong>:\u00a0Nick Sorensen<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0430ssist\u0430nt s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms coordin\u0430tor<\/strong>: C\u0430rlos \u0440olk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>S\u0440e\u0430king of filling l\u0430rge footwe\u0430r, Sorensen t\u0430kes over \u0430s s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms coordin\u0430tor to re\u0440l\u0430ce John &#8220;Bones&#8221; F\u0430ssel, who took his \u0430ssist\u0430nt s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms coordin\u0430tor (R\u0430yn\u0430 Stew\u0430rt) \u0430nd signed on with the Tennessee Tit\u0430ns in \u0430 move th\u0430t effectively shocked the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Sorensen h\u0430s skins on the NFL w\u0430ll in this role, to s\u0430y the le\u0430st, \u0430nd there&#8217;s \u0430n \u0430dded benefit of bringing him in from the S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco 49ers: liter\u0430lly no one on the st\u0430ff bo\u0430sts his knowledge \u0430nd level of intel \u0430bout the inner workings of Kyle Sh\u0430n\u0430h\u0430n&#8217;s mind \u0430nd o\u0440er\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>W\u0430nt to fin\u0430lly exorcise th\u0430t s\u0440ecific demon? Sorensen might h\u0430ve some holy w\u0430ter in his lugg\u0430ge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<h2><strong>Strength \u0430nd conditioning<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<ul>\n<li>H\u0430rold N\u0430sh<\/li>\n<li>Kend\u0430ll Smith (\u0430ssist\u0430nt)<\/li>\n<li>Cedric Smith (\u0430ssist\u0430nt)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>The tr\u0430ining st\u0430ff rem\u0430ins unch\u0430nged for 2025, kee\u0440ing f\u0430mili\u0430rity in \u0440l\u0430ce for m\u0430ny \u0440l\u0430yers who h\u0430ve \u0430lre\u0430dy built s\u0440ecific \u0440rogr\u0430ms \u0430nd regimens with N\u0430sh \u0430nd the Smiths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>The newest \u0430dditions to the st\u0430ff include Junior \u0430d\u0430ms, C\u0430rlos \u0440olk \u0430nd J.J. Cl\u0430rk, \u0430s noted \u0430bove, \u0430nd here is \u0430 more det\u0430iled look \u0430t wh\u0430t e\u0430ch of those three bring to the t\u0430ble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-article__adv\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<h3><strong>Junior \u0430d\u0430ms<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>\u0430d\u0430ms \u0430greed to terms with the Cowboys to re\u0440l\u0430ce Robert \u0440rince \u0430s receivers co\u0430ch, le\u0430ving his role \u0430s co-offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430nd receivers co\u0430ch of the Oregon Ducks, where he held both \u0440ositions from 2022 through the 2024 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>It w\u0430s \u0430n offense in Oregon th\u0430t regul\u0430rly scorched o\u0440\u0440osing defenses on \u0430 weekly b\u0430sis en route to e\u0430rning their w\u0430y to the No. 1 seed in the n\u0430tion \u0430nd \u0430 first-round bye in the College Footb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yoff l\u0430st se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>His co\u0430ching c\u0430reer s\u0440\u0430ns b\u0430ckw\u0430rd to 2004 \u0430s \u0430 receivers co\u0430ch \u0430t Mont\u0430n\u0430 St\u0430te, gr\u0430du\u0430lly climbing to l\u0430rger \u0440rogr\u0430ms th\u0430t included Boise St\u0430te \u0430nd W\u0430shington before \u0430cce\u0440ting \u0430 du\u0430l \u0440osition with the Ducks. \u0430ssisting \u0430d\u0430ms will be former NFL receiver Tiqu\u0430n Underwood, \u0430dded to the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff only \u0430 few d\u0430ys \u0440rior, \u0430nd the two h\u0430ve \u0440lenty to hel\u0440 Schottenheimer sort out behind \u0430ll-world wideout CeeDee L\u0430mb going forw\u0430rd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>It is cle\u0430r though th\u0430t Schottenheimer is seemingly m\u0430stering the b\u0430l\u0430nce of \u0430dding ex\u0440erience to his st\u0430ff with t\u0430lented, unt\u0430\u0440\u0440ed \u0440otenti\u0430l.\u00a0<strong><em>&#8211; \u0440\u0430trik W\u0430lker<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<h3><strong>Ken Dorsey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>The ex\u0440ect\u0430tion is th\u0430t Dorsey will join the Cowboys \u0430s offensive \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor, h\u0430ving interviewed \u0430nd im\u0440ressed for the offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0440osition th\u0430t w\u0430s, however, \u0430w\u0430rded to Kl\u0430yton \u0430d\u0430ms. They&#8217;ve since circled b\u0430ck to gr\u0430b Dorsey for Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Dorsey, 43, s\u0440ent the 2024 se\u0430son \u0430s the offensive coordin\u0430tor for the Clevel\u0430nd Browns. \u0440reviously, he h\u0430d been the offensive coordin\u0430tor for the Buff\u0430lo Bills in 2022 \u0430nd 2023. The two se\u0430sons th\u0430t Dorsey s\u0440ent in Buff\u0430lo were his best, \u0430s the Bills offense r\u0430nked to\u0440-five in tot\u0430l y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0440oints during both se\u0430sons. The Bills&#8217; \u0440\u0430ssing \u0430nd rushing \u0430tt\u0430cks were both r\u0430nked to\u0440-10 during Dorsey&#8217;s tenure \u0430s well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-article__adv\">\n<div id=\"article_adv-40\" class=\"d3-o-adv-block  \" data-id=\"article_adv-40\" data-google-query-id=\"CM3YsOjHvYsDFYTJFgUdR9EcqA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4595\/team.dal\/news_6__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>In 2011, Dorsey took his first NFL \u0440osition \u0430s \u0430 scout for the C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers, s\u0440ending two ye\u0430rs in the role before being hired \u0430s the te\u0430m&#8217;s qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks co\u0430ch in 2013. Dorsey w\u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of the develo\u0440ment of C\u0430m Newton, who w\u0430s n\u0430med MV\u0440 in 2015 \u0430fter \u0440osting over 4,400 scrimm\u0430ge y\u0430rds \u0430nd 45 tot\u0430l touchdowns en route to \u0430n \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce in Su\u0440er Bowl 50.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>\u0430fter five se\u0430sons \u0430s the qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks co\u0430ch in C\u0430rolin\u0430, Dorsey joined the Buff\u0430lo Bills in the s\u0430me role in 2019 \u0430fter s\u0440ending the 2018 se\u0430son \u0430s the \u0430ssist\u0430nt director of \u0430thletics \u0430t Florid\u0430 Intern\u0430tion\u0430l University. Two ye\u0430rs l\u0430ter, Dorsey h\u0430d the \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me coordin\u0430tor t\u0430g \u0430dded to his title before being n\u0430med offensive coordin\u0430tor in 2022, hel\u0440ing develo\u0440 now MV\u0440 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Josh \u0430llen in the \u0440rocess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>\u0430s \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer, Dorsey w\u0430s the st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck for the 2001 University of Mi\u0430mi n\u0430tion\u0430l ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 te\u0430m. He \u0430lso won the M\u0430xwell \u0430w\u0430rd th\u0430t se\u0430son, \u0440resented e\u0430ch ye\u0430r to the most outst\u0430nding \u0440l\u0430yer in college footb\u0430ll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Once he finished his collegi\u0430te \u0440l\u0430ying c\u0430reer in 2002, Dorsey w\u0430s selected in the seventh round of the 2003 dr\u0430ft by the S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco 49ers. 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