The veteran coach replaces Kellen Moore at the position.
The Cowboys announced on Saturday they hired Brian Schottenheimer as their new offensive coordinator, replacing Kellen Moore.
Schottenheimer, the son of former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer, is a veteran NFL coach who spent the 2022 season as an offensive assistant for the Cowboys. The 49-year-old has been an offensive coordinator in the NFL for the Jets, Rams and, most recently, the Seahawks. He also spent a year in college as Georgia’s offensive coordinator, along with recent stops as an assistant at Indianapolis and Jacksonville.
“I am thrilled and thankful for this exciting opportunity and embrace the high standard and expectations that come with this role and the Dallas Cowboys organization,” Schettenheimer said in a statement.
Dallas and Moore mutually parted ways following the team’s divisional round loss to the 49ers after Moore spent the previous five seasons with the team, four of which as offensive coordinator. Moore quickly rebounded, as he will take over as the offensive coordinator for the Chargers.
While Moore called plays for Dallas in the previous four years, head coach Mike McCarthy announced he will take over the play calling duties in 2023. McCarthy last called plays when he was the head coach of the Packers.
“He has been an important part of our staff already and has a great grasp of where we are and where we want to go,” McCarthy said of Schottenheimer. “This will be an exciting and efficient transition for us that I am confident will help yield the growth and results we all want and expect.”
Dallas was fourth in scoring in 2022 at 27.5 points per game. The Cowboys averaged 5.4 yards per play, though Dak Prescott threw 15 interceptions in just 12 games. Prescott was phenomenal in the team’s wild-card win over the Buccaneers before throwing two interceptions in the team’s divisional loss to the 49ers.
Schottenheimer served as a consultant for the Cowboys during the 2021 season. He last officially coached in the NFL in 2021 when he served as the passing game coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the team’s tumultuous Urban Meyer season.
Before spending a season with the Jaguars, Schottenheimer was the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator for three seasons. Seattle went 12-4 in 2020, Schottenheimer's third and final there, and scored over 28 points per game, but the offense struggled over the final weeks of the season. After scoring 31 points or more in seven of the team’s first eight games, Seattle failed to score more than 26 points in all but one of its final six games of the season. The Seahawks then lost 30-20 to the Rams in a wild-card playoff game.
Schottenheimer was fired days after the playoff loss as the team cited “philosophical differences.”
Schottenheimer is the son of former NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer. McCarthy’s first NFL job came with Marty Schottenheimer’s Kansas City Chiefs in 1993 when he worked for two seasons as a quality control coach before becoming the team’s quarterbacks coach for four seasonsWatch video