The Dallas Cowboys stayed in-house for their new head coach, promoting Brian Schottenheimer as Mike McCarthy's successor. They're welcoming a former head coach from outside the building to aid Schottenheimer,

The Minnesota Vikings could make a splashy albeit contentious move this offseason, unrelated to Sam Darnold's free agency.

Mike Zimmer will not return as the Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator in 2025, he tells Ed Werder. He’s expected to retire from coaching and the NFL, per the report, and the Cowboys are ‘likely’ to hire former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus to replace him.

Matt Eberflus is expected to be the next defensive coordinator in Dallas and he'll take a step toward the job on Monday.

The re-hiring of Eberflus would follow the Cowboys’ objective of maintaining continuity with their scheme. Eberflus runs a similar 4-3 scheme as previous coordinator Mike Zimmer and that’s part of the reason why he’s a favorite.

The NFC North won't get any easier for the Vikings after their rival Chicago Bears hired coveted Lions coordinator Ben Johnson.

The Rooney Rule was meant to increase the number of minority interviews – and thus actual opportunity for those coaches – in the NFL. In many ways it has achiev

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.

Serving as Cowboys offensive coordinator the last two seaosns, Schottenheimer brings 25 years of NFL coaching experience to the job.

Not only does it work for the Rooney Rule, it also makes sense that Matt Eberflus will want Andre Curtis here to oversee his secondary.

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.

Ed Werder says that Cowboys DC Mike Zimmer has told him he will not be returning to the Cowboys staff in 2025 and is likely to retire from the NFL. Werder adds that the team will likely hire former Bears HC Matt Eberflus as their defensive coordinator.