After moving on from head coach Mike McCarthy when his contract expired at the end of the 2024 season, the Dallas Cowboys are officially set to begin a new era.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Cowboys hired Brian Schottenheimer as their next head coach on Friday. The details of Schottenheimer's contract aren't known.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones expressed his support for Schottenheimer as he revealed the news.
"Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant," Jones said, per Schefter. "He ain't Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.