Steve Loney enters his third season on the Cowboys’ staff with a new title: tight ends coach. Formerly the ‘senior offensive assistant’ who helped with offensive line and tight ends, Loney assumes his new duties following the retirement of tight ends coach Mike Pope.
One of Loney’s biggest projects is Rico Gathers, the former basketball player from Baylor University that spent his rookie season on last year’s practice squad after the Cowboys selected him in the 6th round of the 2016 Draft. Loney has been with Gathers each step of the way, from pre-draft workouts over a year ago, to work on the scout team in 2016, to this week’s OTAs.