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The Cowboys chose Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach.
The Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach. It is Brian Schottenheimer.
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.
Can Schottenheimer can get the offense back on track, the way Archer suggests he did in 2023, when the Cowboys abandoned McCarthy’s caveman offense and came out with a high-octane offense after the bye?
Schottenheimer has been an offensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams, Jets and Seahawks. He served as the Jacksonville Jaguars’ passing game coordinator in 2021 before coming to Dallas.
In 12 years as a playcaller, Schottenheimer had four offenses finish in the top 10 in points per game and three times in the top half in the league in yards per game. His best three years came with the Seahawks when they finished sixth, ninth and eighth in points per game with Russell Wilson at quarterback.
Though he did not call plays under McCarthy, Schottenheimer had a large role in the offense. Team sources say he helped jump-start the offense in 2023 after a slow start. The Cowboys, who scored 30 or more points in seven of their final 11 games, finished with the highest-scoring offense in the league (29.9 points per game) and were fifth in yards (371.6) that season.
Late last night, Moore called Eberflus the prohibitive favorite to land the job, and a little later, Ed Werder jumped the gun by confirming the hire, only to then quickly issue a correction.
Matt Eberflus was a highly regarded position coach in his time with the Cowboys.
Chances are he’ll be welcome back to oversee the defense.
Eberflus, who left Dallas to become the defensive coordinator for Indianapolis before using that as a platform to become the head coach of the Chicago Bears, is in discussions with club officials to return to the Cowboys as defensive coordinator, two people with knowledge of the potential staff told The Dallas Morning News.
