There will be no big splash from outside the building.
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, the team announced on Friday night.
Dallas is giving Schottenheimer a four-year deal, 国产外流网Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
Schottenheimer will become the 10th full-time 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 play-caller, 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, full-time 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 2023-2024.
The 51-year-old has a familiar last name as the son of the late Marty Schottenheimer, who earned 200 regular-season wins during a long coaching career with multiple teams. However, Brian Schottenheimer isn't Deion Sanders, Jason Witten or Robert Saleh, bigger, splashier names who were bandied about as potential hires.
Instead, Jones and the 'Boys are going with someone they know well and will work within the organization's framework.
Schottenheimer met with the Cowboys brass on Tuesday, the fourth candidate to interview following Saleh, Seahawks assistant head coach Leslie Frazier and Eagles OC Kellen Moore, who is also a former Cowboys coordinator.
Promoting Schottenheimer should bode well for maintaining continuity with quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and others.
However, for a team aiming to bounce back from a disappointing 7-10 season, the hire could be seen as more of the same.
Nonetheless, it's a bright new day for Schottenheimer, who began his coaching career in 1997 as an assistant with the then-St. Louis Rams. He's coached for nine 国产外流网franchises and is now getting his first shot to be a head coach.
