Report: Cowboys, Brian Schottenheimer continue 2nd day of talks about HC role
Things presumably went so well in Tuesday’s first interview between the Cowboys and their offensive coordinator of the past couple seasons that the two sides have decided to keep talking.
But what that really means is up for some debate.
The team is planning to hold a second interview with Brian Schottenheimer, ostensibly to discuss him taking the reins as the 10th head coach in franchise history. That development comes midday Wednesday from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero, and Jane Slater.
Schottenheimer and the Cowboys front office met for about four hours on Tuesday afternoon, with talks stretching into the evening hours. Slater announced afterward that the 51-year-old was being considered for both the head coach and offensive coordinator position, but she added that even if he wins the head coaching role, he’ll still expect to call his own offensive plays.
The #Cowboys are planning to have a second interview with their own OC Brian Schottenheimer today, per me, @TomPelissero and @SlaterNFL.
After spending nearly four hours with Schottenheimer yesterday, Dallas brass sits down with him again. pic.twitter.com/fXLod0taVI
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 22, 2025
According to Saad Yousuf of The Athletic, “it is also believed that even if the head coaching job went to someone else, the Cowboys would consider Schottenheimer to continue as offensive coordinator.”
Schottenheimer was the fourth candidate to formally interview with the club for the head coaching vacancy, following Kellen Moore, Robert Saleh, and Leslie Frazier. Schottenheimer is the first of those men to get a second sit-down.
Despite a lifetime spent learning football from his father and longtime NFL coaching legend Marty Schotteneheimer and stints with nine different pro teams over the past 28 years, Brian has never been a head coach at any level of the game.
Schottenheimer designed the Cowboys’ offensive plays in both 2023 and 2024, but former head coach Mike McCarthy kept gameday playcalling duties for himself. There have been rumblings that significant portions of Schottenheimer’s weekly plans were frequently left untouched by McCarthy during games.
A second formal head-coach interview would typically mean that things are heating up for that candidate, but that may not necessarily be the case in Dallas right now with Schottenheimer. Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News posted on X Wednesday that, per a person with knowledge of the talks, Schottenheimer’s “discussions today with Cowboys officials is [sic] more a continuation from Tuesday’s interview.”
Whether Wednesday’s chat should be considered a true follow-up interview or just a bonus extension of the first, it is clear that Schottenheimer is being seen as a legitimate contender for the Cowboys head coaching position.
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