After nine full seasons with Garrett, Jones went back to a Super Bowl-winning coach in Mike McCarthy, who is leaving after five seasons. Now Jones is looking for another head coach as the Cowboys' Super Bowl drought reaches 29 years following a 7-10 finish in 2024.

There are assistants who have been head coaches before, like Kliff Kingsbury and Brian Flores. There are former Cowboys assistants like Kellen Moore and Wes Phillips, and Al Harris could emerge as a dark horse candidate, and that’s before the young gun coordinators like Ben Johnson, Bobby Slowik, Joe Brady and others are even mentioned.

Mike McCarthy will not return as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who are going on three decades since their last Super Bowl title, owner Jerry Jones said Monday. Jones said the organization and McCarthy mutually agreed to part ways.