Brian Schottenheimer is the 10th head coach in Dallas Cowboys franchise history.
The Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach. It is Brian Schottenheimer.
Cowboys are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach, Jerrry Jones tells ESPN.
“Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,” Jones said. “He ain’t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.” pic.twitter.com/JtGoltP1mC
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 25, 2025
Schottenheimer is an NFL legacy as the son of the late Marty Schottenheimer, so he has been around the game for a long time. He has been in and around the NFL for over 20 years and has served as the offensive coordinator for several teams, including the Cowboys over the last two years, but this is his first opportunity to be a head coach.
While Schottenheimer did serve as OC for the last two seasons he did not call plays, head coach Mike McCarthy did. Clearly the front office is interested to see what he can do.
The Cowboys moved on from McCarthy almost two weeks ago, eight days after the 2024 season ended. Everything really started to develop one full week after the parting of ways with McCarthy. The Cowboys spent the first week of their search getting things organized and through the weekend of the Divisional Round (and slightly beyond) interviewed Kellen Moore, Robert Saleh and Leslie Frazier. Those interviews made them compliant with the Rooney Rule, just for the record.
Schottenheimer’s name first took center stage on Monday morning when it was noted that he was the betting favorite to be the next head coach, something that felt like it popped up out of nowhere given the prior week’s events. On Tuesday morning it was noted that he was going to interview with the team. By the afternoon it was reported that an offer could come soon (at that time), and shortly after that it was reported that the interview was actually taking place on Tuesday afternoon marking quite the development across a single day. He would later interview a second time and clearly is what the team wants to do.
Ultimately the team came to the conclusion that this is what they believe is in the best interest of the franchise which is why they chose to do it. Heavy speculation has been that the likes of Jason Witten, DeMarco Murray and/or Tashard Choice could join an eventual staff. Now that we know it is Schottenheimer’s staff, we will find out how much validity there was to those reports.
Brian Schottenheimer is the newest head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
