Dallas Cowboys to part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy after 2024 slump

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Mike McCarthy is reportedly not returning as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who are approaching three decades since their last Super Bowl title.

A source told the Associated Press of McCarthy’s departure a decision is yet to be announced. The source said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and McCarthy have agreed to part ways.

The coach’s contract expired following a 7-10 season. Dallas were 12-5 in each of the three years before that, but still haven’t been past the divisional round of the NFC playoffs since their last Super Bowl at the end of the 1995 season.

McCarthy’s contract expired on 8 January and the Cowboys have an exclusive negotiation window through Tuesday, but the parties have decided to part ways before the deadline. At least one other NFL team asked during that time about talking to the 61-year-old coach, who won a Super Bowl with Green Bay.

Before taking the Dallas job after a full season out of coaching, McCarthy was with the Packers for 13 seasons and had a 125-77-2 record from 2006-18. He was 10-8 in the playoffs and led Green Bay to a Super Bowl title at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Cowboys, 14 years ago.

There were also three other NFC championship games for McCarthy in Green Bay, and that is what Jones envisioned – and more – when he hired the coach in 2020.

McCarthy finished with a 50-38 record in Dallas, including a 1-3 mark in the playoffs. That included last season, when the Cowboys were NFC East champions and had won 16 consecutive home games before trailing by 32 points in the fourth quarter of a 48-32 wildcard loss to the seventh-seeded Packers.

Dallas played the final nine games this season without franchise quarterback Dak Prescott because of a torn hamstring. Top receiver CeeDee Lamb, seven-time Pro Bowl guard Zack Martin, cornerback Trevon Diggs and pass rusher DeMarcus Lawrence also finished the season on injured reserve.

Only 12 NFL coaches have more career regular-season wins than McCarthy’s 174, which is still far behind Don Shula’s record 328. The only active coaches with more wins than McCarthy are Andy Reid (302 wins over 29 seasons) and Mike Tomlin (183 wins in 18 seasons).

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