The Dallas Cowboys completed an interview with offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for the team’s vacant head coaching position, the team announced Tuesday evening. Schottenheimer, 51, is the first known internal candidate to interview for the head coaching job.

The Cowboys previously denied the Bears' request to interview McCarthy for their head coaching vacancy. Now that the two sides have failed to lock down a new contract, McCarthy will end up getting the opportunity to interview with Chicago.

The Dallas Cowboys are in the middle of a head coaching search that many weren’t expecting them to have to conduct. Shockwaves were felt across the NFL after Dallas and head coach Mike McCarthy decided to mutually part ways after they couldn’t find a solid starting point in contract extension talks.

Divisional Round of the playoffs did not go how Dallas Cowboys fans would have hoped as the NFC Championship Game will be an all NFC East affair after the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles won their respective matchups.

The Dallas Cowboys' coaching staff certainly is going to look a lot different by the time the 2025 season gets here.

As the Dallas Cowboys conduct their search for a new head coach, their recently departed leader, Mike McCarthy, appears to be gaining traction elsewhere in the NFC. Yahoo Sports' Cory Woodroof, who analyzed the league's five remaining coaching vacancies,