Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was blunt as always when assessing his hire of Brian Schottenheimer as his next head coach during an introductory press conference on Monday.

The Dallas Cowboys named Brian Schottenheimer as the next head coach, the team announced Friday night. The 51-year-old has been the team's offensive coordinator for the past two seasons. Schottenheimer will take over for Mike McCarthy,

The Dallas Cowboys’ brass confirmed Monday that newly minted head coach Brian Schottenheimer will also serve as the team’s offensive play caller. The duty might’ve kept him in the building. Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones said after Schottenheimer’s introductory news conference Monday at The Star that former head coach Mike McCarthy would have continued to call plays had the team retained him as head coach.

Jones: 'He's had 25 years being around the kinds of things that he's gonna have to draw on to be a coach of the Dallas Cowboys."

Brian Schottenheimer will call the Cowboys' offensive plays this season, a request of Jerry Jones before the team hired the longtime NFL assistant coach.

Jerry defended the decision as the culmination of a “thorough, thorough process.” The Cowboys interviewed Robert Saleh, Leslie Frazier, Kellen Moore, and Schottenheimer. They created some buzz by making it known that they spoke to Deion Sanders and Pete Carroll, although neither was officially interviewed.

Owner Jerry Jones explains why Schottenheimer was the choice to replace Mike McCarthy after disappointing 7-10 season.

Jerry Jones was asked why he hired Brian Schottenheimer and went on a rant about how he has basically never missed a Senior Bowl or NFL Combine and how he wanted to be a coach and a bunch of other stuff and went on for several minutes without ever actually talking about Brian

The Cowboys have tabbed Brian Schottenheimer as their 10th head coach in franchise history. How do the previous nine stack up? Here's how we ranked them.

The Dallas Cowboys are going with an in-house candidate to replace head coach Mike McCarthy. They are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for that role.

The Dallas Cowboys have hired their next head coach, promoting former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer on Friday to the head coaching position.