Former Cowboys Head Coach Interviews For Opening With Hometown Team

The Dallas Cowboys are focused connected their hunt for a caller protect coordinator conscionable 1 twelvemonth aft looking for a caller caput coach. Now arsenic we participate nan 2026 NFL offseason, their erstwhile coach is successful nan news rhythm erstwhile again.

Mike McCarthy, who interviewed for aggregate positions past year, has been gaining steam arsenic a caput coaching campaigner erstwhile again. He was successful information pinch nan Tennessee Titans, who ultimately went pinch Robert Saleh.

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That doesn’t mean McCarthy won’t onshore a occupation this year. In fact, he’s group to question and reply pinch his hometown team, nan Pittsburgh Steelers.

McCarthy, who is often criticized for his deficiency of wins successful nan postseason, contempt having a Super Bowl ring, reportedly withdrew his sanction from nan Tennessee job. Tom Pelissero besides says he’s turned down different inquiries, proving that his worth arsenic a coach is perceived higher successful NFL circles than by nan public.

Mike McCarthy has had a batch of occurrence arsenic a caput coach

McCarthy won a Super Bowl pursuing nan 2010 season, ironically capable beating nan Steelers astatine AT&T Stadium.

He hasn’t been backmost to nan Super Bowl since then, but he remains an knowledgeable coach who has 11 playoff victories. That’s much than each progressive NFL caput coach different than Andy Reid (28) and John Harbaugh (13).

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McCarthy is besides awesome astatine getting his squad into nan playoffs. During his five-year stint pinch Dallas, he went 49-35 and made nan playoffs 3 times. While he had 2 losing seasons, each of those came pinch an asterisk owed to an wounded suffered by Dak Prescott.

During nan 3 seasons that Prescott stayed healthy, McCarthy led nan Cowboys to 12-5 finishes successful each year. For his career, McCarthy boasts a grounds of 174-112-2 and is 11-11 successful nan playoffs.

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