Tom Landry, the first head coach in Cowboys’ history, served in that role for 29 years. Jerry Jones just hired his 10th head coach since buying the team in 1989 and firing Landry. The Cowboys made the hiring of Brian Schottenheimer official Friday night.

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The Cowboys finished 7-10 this season under McCarthy, missing the playoffs after three straight 12-5 campaigns. Schottenheimer inherits a team featuring Dak Prescott, who signed a record $240 million contract in September, averaging $60 million annually.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones acknowledged he ventured off the beaten path a bit when he tabbed Brian Schottenheimer as the team's next head coach.

For the third time, Jerry Jones looked down the hall to find his head coach. And if hiring Brian Schottenheimer on Friday night to be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys doesn’t make you sick, wait ‘til you read what Jerry said.

New head coach Brian Schottenheimer and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones answered questions on Monday about the hire and the teams efforts moving forward.

The first question was about why Jones hired Schottenheimer as head coach. Ten minutes of emotional rambling later, the tone was set, and it felt familiar to anyone who's followed the Cowboys in recent decades.

The Dallas Cowboys say offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer has agreed on a deal to become the storied franchise’s next coach.

Brian Schottenheimer carried a card in his wallet when he was still in college, inscribed with his goal at the time. Become the youngest head coach in the NFL. Didn’t quite work out that way for the son of the late coach Marty Schottenheimer,

Brian Schottenheimer was quick to address the skeptics over his hiring to lead the Dallas Cowboys, even before taking a moment to recognize his late father, longtime NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer. “I’ve had some opportunities when I was a much younger man,

Brian Schottenheimer is the ninth head coach since Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989, and tenth overall in franchise history.