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The Cowboys DC search marches on.
FRISCO, Texas – It’s been nine days since the Cowboys released defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, and the search is continuing for Dallas’ fourth defensive coordinator in as many years.
Up to this point, the Cowboys have/will interview nine candidates for the position. On Thursday, Cowboys COO/co-owner Stephen Jones discussed where the team is at in the process.
“I think we’re in the initial run,” Jones said. “We’re going to cast a wide net, whether it’s half a dozen, ten, 12 coaches when it’s all said and done. I don’t know what that number will be, but then we’ll narrow it down. We’re already starting to narrow it down and we’ll start to bring guys in for in-person interviews, some of the guys that we felt were the guys that would fit.”
Jones added that he feels all the candidates that the team has interviewed are qualified for the position, but there are layers to what constitutes the best overall fit for what the Cowboys are looking for.
Congrats to Aaron Whitecotton!
The Dallas Cowboys will have a large presence at the 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl later this month, as NFL draft season kicks into full swing with the first college football all-star game featuring a group of 2026 prospects.
Dallas will be hosting the game at The Star, with two current Cowboys assistants facing off in the game.
On Thursday, it was reported that Cowboys tight ends coach Lunda Wells will serve as head coach of the West team. On the East sideline will be a Cowboys defensive assistant, who will be serving as defensive coordinator for the game.
Cowboys defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton, who interviewed for Dallas’ defensive coordinator opening following the firing of Matt Eberflus, will get the opportunity to showcase his defensive play-calling skills during the game.
This one feels a bit different.
The Dallas Cowboys are searching for their fourth defensive coordinator in as many years. You already know that since it has been said a lot in the lead-up to, and obviously throughout, this process so far.
Isolating a filter, so to speak, on the time in question though, this is only the second time they are doing it in one particular way. To be clear this is only the third defensive coordinator search that Dallas has been a part of as Dan Quinn is a part of the “four in four years” narrative, but within the three searches only two have happened with a sitting head coach. The first time was ahead of Mike McCarthy’s final season when the team...
