For about 48 hours, maybe longer, the Cowboys allowed the leaked news to hover in the air. A team that makes national headlines for not closing its drapes on game day was about to make 51-year-old Brian Schottenheimer its 10th head coach, and it didn’t even cause a ripple.

51, and son of former Browns, Chiefs and Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer, Brian Schottenheimer has spent the last three seasons as an assistant under Mike McCarthy. He was brought on in 2022 as an offensive analyst, then moved into the role of coordinator when the team parted ways with Kellen Moore in 2023.

Cowboys are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach, Jerrry Jones tells ESPN. “Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,” Jones said. “He ain’t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.” pic.twitter.com/JtGoltP1mC