According to Michael Lombardi of The Athletic, an agent who has clients in the head coaching search says the Cowboys already have their sights set on someone.
Just talked to an agent involved who has clients in the coaching search, and he feels Dallas has their man. I asked who? he said, not sure, but they are done looking.
— Michael Lombardi (@mlombardiNFL)
January 6, 2020 "Just talked to an agent involved who has clients in the coaching search, and he feels Dallas has their man. I asked who? he said, not sure, but they are done looking."
Jerry and Stephen Jones officially moved on from Jason Garrett on Sunday, a day after they interviewed former Packers head coach Mike McCarthy and Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. So, does this lead to the idea that a deal with McCarthy is done?
"I think it leads to the idea that these reports that the Cowboys only want someone with head coaching experience ... I think that's wrong," 105.3 The Fan's Mike Fisher said on Shan and RJ Monday morning when asked about the report. "I think they've been doing research on this for months and months. So if they got their guy, it doesn't have to be someone they interviewed officially. It could have been someone they interviewed unofficially."
So which agency did Lombardi speak to? Shan Shariff pointed out that McCarthy is repped by 'Athletes First', which also happens to represent other coaching candidates including Matt Rhule, Lincoln Riley and Urban Meyer.
Lombardi later added that "it seems" the Cowboys would want a defensive head coach as they already have their offensive coordinator, offensive line and wide receivers coach in place.
Whomever the next coach of the Cowboys will be, their OC, OL and WR coach will ALREADY be in place. It seems like they would want a defensive-minded head coach, but you never know. Cowboys flew McCarthey home to GB, then the plane went to Sarasota Florida, not sure why.
— Michael Lombardi (@mlombardiNFL)
January 6, 2020 That would indicate that the Cowboys are keeping Kellen Moore, Marc Colombo and Sanjay Lal. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports reported Sunday night that in addition to Moore and Colombo, the next head coach also "may very well need to retain" quarterbacks coach Jon Kitna and running backs coach Gary Brown.
