{"id":32188,"date":"2025-02-07T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=32188"},"modified":"2025-02-07T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:10:43","slug":"dallas-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-says-new-coach-other-moves-made-to-compete-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=32188","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says new coach, other moves made to &#8216;compete right now&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-0292bc2c=\"\">\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-v-0292bc2c=\"\" data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">\n<p>Associated Press<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">NEW ORLEANS (AP) \u2014 Jerry Jones said he decided to hire Brian Schottenheimer as Dallas&#8217; coach and sign quarterback Dak Prescott to a $240 million, four-year contract because the Cowboys are in a win-now mode and should be competing for Super Bowls.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">The Cowboys owner walked the red carpet Thursday night at the the NFL Honors and said he believed Schottenheimer was the right coach to lead the franchise to a Super Bowl title. The 51-year-old son of the late Marty Schottenheimer was promoted last month from offensive coordinator to be the 10th coach in the storied franchise\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">The Cowboys promoted him less than two weeks after parting ways with Mike McCarthy, who brought Schottenheimer in as a consultant in 2022. McCarthy&#8217;s contract expired after a 7-10 season.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">Jones told The Associated Press that Schottenheimer&#8217;s football family lineage \u2014 Marty Schottenheimer went 200-126-1 in 21 seasons as an NFL coach \u2014 was a key factor in the decision.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">\u201cWe called it osmosis, sitting around the breakfast table,\u201d he said. \u201cHe made a young lifetime out of asking his father to help him, being around organizations so he could as much football as he possibly could. So, he\u2019s no accident. But he\u2019s actually had a lot of experience to be a first-time head coach. I thought we could bet on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">Schottenheimer was considered a favorite in the locker room. Jones defended the hire on Thursday night \u2014 much like he did at a news conference last month \u2014 and bristled at the suggestion that he made a conversative move by promoting a coach on the existing staff.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">\u201cIt gives us some continuity but lets us have a new shot at it,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">Schottenheimer was the ninth coach hired by Jones since be bought the team in 1989. He becomes the seventh coach since the last time the Cowboys reached an NFC championship game \u2014 in the 1995 season on the way to their fifth Super Bowl title. It\u2019s the longest drought in the NFC without reaching the conference title game.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">The Cowboys went to the playoffs three consecutive years with 12-5 records under McCarthy but were 1-3 in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p data-v-66b3f9a0=\"\">\u201cThe decisions I&#8217;m making are not based on rebuilding,\u201d Jones told the AP. \u201cThey&#8217;re based on competing. And competing now. The decisions I made last year were based on competing now. Now they didn&#8217;t exactly work out. But I think I paid Dak more than anybody&#8217;s ever been paid in the NFL. That&#8217;s now. That&#8217;s not the future. 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