Frisco, TX – Brian Schottenheimer is ready to officially become the 10th head coach in Dallas Cowboys history, with both sides agreeing to terms Friday night after two in-depth interviews earlier in the week.
The team will hold a press conference on Monday, January 27 at 11 a.m. CT to officially announce the decision.
Schottenheimer is the son of the late legendary Marty Schottenheimer, a former mentor to McCarthy and many other current and former NFL coaches.
Having joined the Cowboys in 2022 as a coaching analyst, the Schottenheimer heir was promoted to the role of offensive coordinator in 2023, following the departure of Kellen Moore from that role, and that is where he spent the last few seasons in Dallas.
Interestingly enough, he and Moore were both vying for the right to be named McCarthy’s successor – with Moore having recently completed a virtual interview for the job before helping lead the Philadelphia Eagles to the NFC Championship Game.
It was Schottenheimer who touted the much longer resume of overall coaching experience between the two, despite not calling games in Dallas during the McCarthy era.
His coaching career began immediately after becoming a national champion Florida Gators, serving in an assistant role for the (then) St. Louis Rams and Kansas City in the late 1990s before a collegiate stretch that included a role as Wide Receivers Coach for USC.
He then returned to the NFL as the quarterbacks coach for the Washington (Commanders) in 2001. All told, Schottenheimer has been in the coaching ranks in some capacity – both positionally and / or offensive coordinator – for about 28 years.
This will be his first stint as head coach, one of several candidates for the job, and he’ll have to hit the ground running as the Cowboys have now seen four assistant coaches, led by Al Harris, leave for more. other teams during their search for McCarthy’s successor.
