Mike McCarthy is reportedly not returning as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who’re approaching three many years since their final Tremendous Bowl title.
A supply instructed the Related Press of McCarthy’s departure a call is but to be introduced. The supply stated Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones and McCarthy have agreed to half methods.
The coach’s contract expired following a 7-10 season. Dallas have been 12-5 in every of the three years earlier than that, however nonetheless haven’t been previous the divisional spherical of the NFC playoffs since their final Tremendous Bowl on the finish of the 1995 season.
McCarthy’s contract expired on 8 January and the Cowboys have an unique negotiation window by way of Tuesday, however the events have determined to half methods earlier than the deadline. At the least one different NFL crew requested throughout that point about speaking to the 61-year-old coach, who gained a Tremendous Bowl with Inexperienced Bay.
Earlier than taking the Dallas job after a full season out of teaching, McCarthy was with the Packers for 13 seasons and had a 125-77-2 report from 2006-18. He was 10-8 within the playoffs and led Inexperienced Bay to a Tremendous Bowl title at AT&T Stadium, the house of the Cowboys, 14 years in the past.
There have been additionally three different NFC championship video games for McCarthy in Inexperienced Bay, and that’s what Jones envisioned – and extra – when he employed the coach in 2020.
McCarthy completed with a 50-38 report in Dallas, together with a 1-3 mark within the playoffs. That included final season, when the Cowboys have been NFC East champions and had gained 16 consecutive house video games earlier than trailing by 32 factors within the fourth quarter of a 48-32 wildcard loss to the seventh-seeded Packers.
Dallas performed the ultimate 9 video games this season with out franchise quarterback Dak Prescott due to a torn hamstring. High receiver CeeDee Lamb, seven-time Professional Bowl guard Zack Martin, cornerback Trevon Diggs and move rusher DeMarcus Lawrence additionally completed the season on injured reserve.
Solely 12 NFL coaches have extra profession regular-season wins than McCarthy’s 174, which continues to be far behind Don Shula’s report 328. The one energetic coaches with extra wins than McCarthy are Andy Reid (302 wins over 29 seasons) and Mike Tomlin (183 wins in 18 seasons).
