Dallas will need to find a new defensive coordinator for 2025, too. Mike Zimmer told Ed Werder that he would not return to the Cowboys and would likely retire.

Everyone remembers the one that got away. From the girl next door to the job offer with the bad timing, hindsight can be cruel as much as it can be educational. For the Dallas Cowboys, Sean Peyton is often seen as the head coach that got away.

Former Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer is likely to retire from coaching in the NFL, according to veteran reporter Ed Werder. Zimmer spent last season as the Cowboys' defensive coordinator under Mike McCarthy but is not returning to Dallas on new head coach Brian Schottenheimer's staff.

Mike Zimmer, who spent last season as the Dallas Cowboys ' defensive coordinator, said he will not be returning to the team on new head coach Brian Schottenheimer's staff and likely will retire from coaching in the NFL, according to a report Sunday from NFL reporter Ed Werder.

Schottenheimer and the Cowboys have named Dave Borgonzi, Aaron Whitecotton and Andre Curtis to the staff, the team announced Wednesday. All three are defensive hires. And all three new additions were greatly influenced by new Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus . Schottenheimer, though, had final say on the hires as head coach.

If he really does decide to retire, it will be the end of a great coaching career. Zimmer started as a defensive assistant with Missouri in 1979. He coached at Weber State and Was

"The truth,'' Mike Zimmer tells us with a laugh, "is that I've wanted to be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for 25 years.''

Mike Zimmer, who helped turn around the Dallas defense over the course of a difficult 7-10 season, reportedly won't come back to the Cowboys with Brian Schottenheimer in charge.

The Cowboys caused quite a stir when they announced the hiring of Brian Schottenheimer as the 10th head coach in the franchise's history. Since then, though, their initial assembly of a coaching staff

As underwhelmed as Dallas Cowboys fans may be in having Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach, there's still a lot of work to be done in overhauling the staff. Schottenheimer was announced as the head coach on Monday in a press conference that many have labeled bizarre.

Brian Schottenheimer has brought a former head coach onto his Dallas Cowboys staff. Former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus was announced as