Former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus is a "prime candidate" to become the Dallas Cowboys' next defensive coordinator after the team officially promoted ex-offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to head coach on Friday.
ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported the news.
Eberflus was Dallas' linebackers coach from 2011-2017, adding passing game coordinator duties in 2016 and 2017. He then worked as the Indianapolis Colts' defensive coordinator for four seasons before the Bears hired him as their head coach in 2022. Eberflus went 14-32 in two-plus campaigns before Chicago parted ways with him on Nov.