The Dallas Cowboys are on the search for a new coach with the franchise confirming that former Green Bay Packers man Mike McCarthy will not return for next season.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the organisation and McCarthy mutually agreed to part ways following a 7-10 season.
“I have great respect for Mike, and he has led the team through some very unique and challenging times during his tenure,” Jones said in a statement.
Thank you, Coach McCarthy#DallasCowboys | 📰 https://t.co/lZcM1wJESO pic.twitter.com/FKAHQ2MFWB
— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) January 13, 2025
The Cowboys went 12-5 in each of the three years before this season under McCarthy but have not been past the divisional round of the NFC playoffs since their last Super Bowl at the end of the 1995 season.
Next season will be the 30th for the Cowboys since winning the last of their five Super Bowl titles.
McCarthy was with the Packers for 13 seasons won the Super Bowl at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Cowboys, 14 years ago.
Jones’ next coach will be his ninth. He hired Jimmy Johnson from the University of Miami, and the Cowboys won back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1992-93 seasons before the college teammates at Arkansas had an acrimonious split.
Barry Switzer replaced Johnson, a Pro Football Hall of Fame coach, and won a Super Bowl in his second season but was fired two years later following a 6-10 season. Bill Parcells, another Hall of Famer, led the Cowboys to the playoffs twice in four seasons from 2003-06 but lost in the wild-card round both times.
