Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is raving about Brian Schottenheimer's ability to put together a quality coaching staff, indicating he did not influence hires.

Jerry Jones says he decided to hire Brian Schottenheimer as Dallas’ coach and sign quarterback Dak Prescott to a $240 million, four-year contract because the Cowboys are in a win-now mode and should be competing for Super Bowls.

The Dallas Cowboys have hired former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as the tenth head coach in franchise history.

FRISCO – The Dallas Cowboys named Brian Schottenheimer as the next head coach, the team announced Friday night.

The Dallas Cowboys are going with an in-house candidate to replace head coach Mike McCarthy. They are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for that role.

The Dallas Cowboys were interested in Colorado head coach Deion Sanders at the start of their coaching search. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Sanders had discussions relating to the job but there was no formal interview.

After a brief dalliance with Jerry Jones over the then-vacant Dallas Cowboys job , Deion Sanders is doubling down on his University of Colorado job by adding an NFL legend to his staff. Sanders’ name came up early during the Cowboys search for Mike McCarthy’s replacement last month,