The Dallas Cowboys are making an in-house pick from their pool of head coaching candidates, hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their next head coach.
Schottenheimer will become the 10th fulltime head coach for the Cowboys and the ninth hired by Jerry Jones since he purchased the team in 1989.
As Schottenheimer succeeds Mike McCarthy, the team’s previous head coach and playcaller, he will take on his first head coaching job. It’s a move similar to Dallas’ past hires of Jason Garrett (hired as interim in 2010, fulltime the next year) and Dave Campo (2000). Neither had prior head coaching experience in the NFL, but had been with the Cowboys previously.
Schottenheimer spent the past three seasons with Dallas, as a consultant in 2022 and an OC from 20232024.
The 51-year-old has a familiar last name as he is the son of the late Marty Schottenheimer.
