ESPN commentator suggests high-profile college coach for Dallas Cowboys head coach
Media and fans are speculating on who will be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys as Mike McCarthy’s contract is expiring and the team has yet to announce if he will return as head coach.
ESPN commentator Mike Greenberg suggested Jerry Jones could target Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian as a possible replacement.
“I’m speculating, recklessly perhaps, the way this makes sense is if Jerry Jones has someone in mind that he wants to see if he can get, and if he can’t get that person he still wants Mike McCarthy. Well what is the big thing that happens between now and January 14th,” said Greenberg, “ Steve Sarkisian’s season might end and he might get the opportunity to have that conversation.”
Sarkisian has been head coach of the Longhorns since 2021 and is having perhaps his most successful season as head coach leading his team to the CFP semifinal for the second straight season.
If the Cowboys wanted to lure Sarkisian away it would be costly as he would have to be bought out of his current contract which would cost $45.4 million in 2025. Sarkisian is also the third-highest-paid coach in college football making 10.6 million in 2024.
ESPN insider Adam Schefter said to his knowledge, the Cowboys hadn’t requested interviews with any of the top coaching candidates.
Schefter believes their primary goal was to re-sign McCarthy but said that he believed Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is ready if the Super Bowl-winning coach doesn’t return.
