The Dallas Cowboys have reached an agreement with offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to make him their next head coach, the team announced Friday evening. According to multiple reports, Schottenheimer will receive a four-year contract.
“Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,” Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said, via ESPN's Adam Schefter. “He ain’t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.”
The Cowboys will hold an introductory press conference for Schottenheimer at 11:00 a.m. on Monday.
Schottenheimer, 51, joined Mike McCarthy's staff in 2022 as an offensive analyst and was installed as the offensive coordinator in 2023. He didn't call the plays theplast two seasons and it's unknown if he'll call the plays next season.
Schottenheimer, the son of longtime NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer, has coached in the NFL since 2001. He began his career as the QB coach in Washington under his father. He's been a QB coach or offensive coordinator for seven different organizations. His first OC job came with the New York Jets in 2006, where he spent the next six seasons. He was also the offensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams from 2012 to 2015, and the OC with the Seattle Seahawks from 2018 to 2020, which included some of Russell Wilson's best seasons.
Schottenheimer's hire provides continuity for quarterback Dak Prescott, whom the team is heavily invested in after signing him to a four-year $240 million extension hours before the team's 2024 season opener.
Schottenheimer has no previous head coaching experience.