The Cowboys will hire the coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as head coach

Frisco, Texas – After looking outside the organization The replacement of Mike McCarthy, the Cowboys of Dallas chose the coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as 10th coach of the franchise of the franchise, told Jerry Jones to Adam Schefter ‘Espn.

The Cowboys also interviewed the assistant head coach of Seattle Leslie Frazier Seahawks, the former head coach of the New York Jets Robert Saleh and the Topensive Coordinator of the Eagles of Philadelphia Kellen Moore, who led the cowboys for five seasons , from 2019 to 2022 as an attacking coordinator.

Schottenheimer interviewed Jones this week, executive vice-president Stephen Jones and the Vice-President of the Player Staff Will McClay after the aforementioned coaches. He maintains a solid relationship with the quarter-Arrière Dak Prescott and maintains good relations with the people of the organization, but it will be his first job as a head coach.

Although it remains to see who Schotenheimer will hire to complete his team, sources have told Jeremy Fowler d’Espn that the former head coach of the Bears de Chicago, Matt Eberflus, is a candidate for the defensive coordinator of the cowboys. Eberflus was a cowboys assistant from 2011 to 2017.

Schottenheimer, 51, joined the Cowboys in 2022 as a consultant, working mainly with the former defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. When Moore left for Los Angeles in charge after McCarthy decided to take charge of call tasks, he was hired as an offensive coordinator.

Schottenheimer’s father Marty was the head coach of Cleveland, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington and San Diego loaders. Marty Schottenheimer participated in the playoffs 18 times in 21 years as a coach and participated three times in the AFC championship match (twice with the Browns and once with the Chiefs). His 200 regular season victories place him in seventh row in the history of the NFL.

The only other coach of the era of Jones to have been appointed head coach without prior experience was Dave Campo, who posted a file from 15-33 from 2000 to 2002. Jason Garrett was acting head coach in 2010 BC to win the full -time position in 2011, until 2019.

Schottenheimer was an offensive coordinator with the Rams, Jets and Seahawks of St. Louis. He was coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars passenger game in 2021 before joining Dallas.

In 12 years as a player, Schottenheimer finished four offenses in the top 10 in points per game and three times in the first half of the league in yards per game. Her three best years occurred with the Seahawks when they finished sixth, ninth and eighth for points per game with Russell Wilson as a quarter.

Although he did not call games under McCarthy, he played an important role in the offensive, team sources claiming that he had helped relaunch the offensive in 2023 after a slow start. The cowboys finished with the most striking attack in the league (29.9 points per match) and the fifth for the yards (371.6), but scored 30 or more in seven of their last 11 games.

In 2024, the cowboys dropped dramatically, with an average of 20.6 points and 327.5 yards per game. Although injured by injuries, especially in Prescott, the cowboys scored 30 points or more than three times last season. The Cowboys and McCarthy chose to separate on January 13 after it became clear that the duration of an extension was a problem, according to several sources.

McCarthy obtained a 49-35 file in regular season with the cowboys, displaying three consecutive notes from 12-5 from 2021 to 23, but it was not able to continue the success in the playoffs that he knew With Green Bay Packers. The cowboys had only 1-3 sheet in playoffs, losing two games at the AT&T stadium, including a 48-32 defeat against packers during the Wild-Cards round after the cowboys entered this match With a sequence of 16 consecutive victories at home.

Schottenheimer will now be responsible for bringing the cowboys to a place where they have not been since 1995 and to end a 29 -year -old drought at the Super Bowl.