Mike McCarthy, The Cowboys

Report: Former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy to take season off to prepare for 2026
The 12th-winningest head coach in NFL history will reportedly spend 2025 focusing on the 2026 hiring cycle. It’s a tactic he’s used before.
Mike McCarthy out as Dallas Cowboys coach after five seasons, becoming NFL coaching free agent
Mike McCarthy will not be back with the Dallas Cowboys, and the coach now will be able to speak with other teams about their vacancies.
Former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy won't coach this season, will focus on 2026 hiring cycle
Mike McCarthy has decided that he will not coach in the NFL in the 2025 season, NFL Network Insiders Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday, as the former Cowboys and Packers head coach has decided to instead focus on the 2026 hiring cycle.
Dallas Cowboys moving on from Mike McCarthy as head coach
McCarthy spent six years in the college ranks before he broke into the NFL in 1993 on Marty Schottenheimer’s Kansas City staff as a quality control coach. He was a quarterback coach for the Chiefs and Green Bay Packers before leaving to become the offensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints in 2000.
Is a Dallas Cowboys, Mike McCarthy reunion actually possible?
With options thin on both sides, could Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys decide to run it back for the 2025 season?
Former Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy won't coach in NFL in 2025, will focus on 2026 hiring cycle, per report
Weeks after being unable to come to a contract agreement with the Cowboys, Mike McCarthy has decided he will not coach in the NFL in 2025 and will instead focus on the 2026 hiring cycle, per NFL Network.
Report: Mike McCarthy not in Saints' plans, focused on '26
Mike McCarthy is out of the running for the New Orleans Saints' head coaching job and no longer plans to coach in 2025, ESPN reported late Tuesday. The Dallas Cowboys didn't renew the contract of McCarthy following a 7-10 season in 2024.
Cowboys gifted Brian Schottenheimer something Mike McCarthy was never afforded
It is the dawn of a new era in Dallas Cowboys football, or so we are to believe. With Brian Schottenheimer taking over as head coach, he has been afforded something his predecessor Mike McCarthy was never seriously given in the end with job security.
Report details how Cowboys went from Mike McCarthy to Brian Schottenheimer
McCarthy is widely seen as a better head-coaching candidate than Schottenheimer, who had never served as a head coach before this month.
Mike McCarthy has reportedly made final decision about his future as NFL head coach after stint with Cowboys
After a tumultuous run with the Dallas Cowboys, Mike McCarthy has reportedly made a decisive move regarding his future in the NFL. The Saints have the only vacancy left. Mike McCarthy couldn’t achieve his big goal of winning the Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys.
Jerry Jones’ counteroffer may have been the tipping point in Mike McCarthy’s exit from the Cowboys
New revelations about Mike McCarthy’s departure from the Cowboys indicate that his request for a contract extension played a ...
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McCarthy out, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says it's time to go a different direction
The Dallas Cowboys will have a new head coach next season. After four seasons running the show, Mike McCarthy's expiring contract has not been renewed 2025. The Cowboys and McCarthy didn't ...
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Mike McCarthy is done in Dallas. Who could Cowboys be eyeing as their next coach?
Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys officially parted ways on Monday after he and owner Jerry Jones were unable to agree on a contract extension. More than a week into the official head-coach ...
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Mike McCarthy to leave the Dallas Cowboys, team confirms
DALLAS – Mike McCarthy could not reach a contract extension agreement with the Dallas Cowboys and will be pursuing new opportunities, the team confirmed with CBS News Texas. The Cowboys ...
Cowboys Rumors: Jerry Jones Didn't Want to Give Mike McCarthy 5-Year HC Contract
Mike McCarthy's tenure with the Dallas Cowboys came to an end in part because he couldn't agree to terms on a new contract, ...
Will Cowboys fire Mike McCarthy? Latest rumors about Dallas coach's status
Mike McCarthy's contract with the Cowboys expires less than 10 days after the NFL season ends. Will the Cowboys keep him or part with him?
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Cowboys Headlines: Contract length doomed McCarthy, Tyler Smith wins dodgeball, nutty plan brings Manning (and Saban) to Dallas
Details have emerged on how the McCarthy talks went south, the Cowboys OL gives the NFC a win, Cam Newton’s tank plan to get ...