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Source: Mike McCarthy not planning to coach in NFL this year – ESPN
You can phrase it however you want, but no interest from any NFL team means Mike McCarthy will have to wait a year before trying to get back into coaching.
Mike McCarthy, the former Dallas Cowboys coach who was in the running for the New Orleans Saints job, is no longer planning to coach this year, and Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore has emerged as the favorite for the position, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday night.
McCarthy will focus on the 2026 hiring cycle instead, a source said. He had been scheduled to interview with the Saints this week.
Moore, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver and New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka all have already had second interviews with the team.
McCarthy had a 49-35 record in his five seasons as coach of Dallas. His contract expired after the season, and the sides mutually agreed to head in different directions.
He had interviewed for the Chicago Bears head-coaching job before they hired Ben Johnson last week.
The Saints are the last NFL team with a current head-coach opening.
Nick Sorensen named special teams coordinator – Nick Eatman, DallasCowboys.com
Brian Schottenheimer is filling out his staff.
One day after being named head coach, Brian Schottenheimer can turn his attention to the coaching staff.
Getting his coordinators in place is a top priority as he has now hired two of them on Tuesday.
Nick Sorensen has officially been named special teams coordinator, a position he held in Jacksonville in 2021. Earlier in the day, Schottenheimer hired Matt Eberflus as the defensive coordinator.
Most recently, Sorensen spent the last three seasons with the 49ers, including last year as the defensive coordinator.
Sorensen, a 10-year veteran as a player from 2001-10, has plenty of playing experience on special teams. As a coach, he was an assistant on the Seahawks’ staff in 2013-16. Sorensen has been on staff with Schottenheimer before, both serving on the Jaguars staff in 2021.
Who is Nick Sorensen? 5 things to know about Cowboys’ special teams coordinator – Staff DMN
A little more on new special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen
Sorensen and Schottenheimer have teamed up in the past.
The coaches previously worked together in Seattle and Jacksonville. Sorensen was the Seahawks’ secondary coach from 2017-20, while Schottenheimer served as the team’s offensive coordinator from 2018-20.
Sorensen and Schottenheimer also worked together on Urban Meyer’s Jaguars staff in 2021. Sorensen was the team’s special teams coordinator, while Schottenheimer was the passing game coordinator. […]
Before entering the coaching ranks, Sorensen played in the NFL for 10 years. The Virginia Tech product was a defensive back, but he made his biggest impact on special teams.
Sorensen played for three teams throughout his professional career, appearing in 131 games. After spending two years in St. Louis, he enjoyed a four-year stint with the Jaguars. He was a special teams captain in Jacksonville before moving on to the Cleveland Browns. […]
Sorensen was on Pete Carroll’s staff when the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII.
He was an assistant special teams coach during the team’s championship run, holding that position from 2013-15. The Seahawks dominated their Super Bowl matchup against Denver from start to finish, being boosted by an 87-yard kickoff return touchdown from Percy Harvin.
2025 Super Bowl: Cowboys looking at Eagles’ and Chiefs’ roster-building methods as they evaluate approach – Garrett Podell, CBS Sports
Is this the year Jerry Jones changes his methods?
For the second time in three seasons, the Dallas Cowboys are sitting on the couch while the Philadelphia Eagles, one of their NFC East division rivals, prepare to play in the Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The last time this happened in the 2022 season, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones mistakenly labeled the Eagles’ approach to free agency and roster building as ”putting it all out there and paying for it later.” The Eagles have used their approach of being aggressive in both free agency and re-signing their own, top drafted players to early extensions to win NFC titles in both 2022 and 2024.
Now, Jerry Jones and his son, Cowboys COO and EVP Stephen Jones, admitted they’re at least open to evaluating their approach and potentially making changes when they spoke at new head coach Brian Schottenheimer’s introductory press conference Monday.
Dallas went 7-10 in 2024 — following three consecutive 12-5 seasons from 2021 to 2023 — after spending an NFL-low $20.47 million in free agency, per OverTheCap.com, since the last Super Bowl was played. It almost exclusively relied on its own draft picks to provide immediate impacts, including rookies, and that didn’t work out. That was Jerry Jones’ ”get it done with less” approach.
“We’re obviously evaluating where it didn’t go right in terms of this drought that people say we’re in in terms of a championship game or a Super Bowl. We just have to continue to make this roster better,” Stephen Jones said Monday. “Certainly we’ll do a real deep dive on putting some personnel together whether it be through the draft, free agency. I know typically that’s not been the way we’ve done this team, but we’ll certainly look at it. … We’re going to take a long hard look at how we’ve looked at free agency. And if we need to change some things there, we will.”
