Reaction to Brian Schottenheimer being named the Cowboys next head coach has gone ... Well, about the way you’d expect for a piece of news the club chose to drop a little before 9 o’clock on a Friday evening.

Jerry Jones' search to replace Mike McCarthy didn't take him far. The Cowboys are hiring Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach.

The Dallas Cowboys say offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer has agreed on a deal to become the storied franchise’s next coach.

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 Cowboys' defensive interior has been a sore spot for awhile now. Teams ran all over Dallas early in the season, and recent draft picks have busted in this spot. Addressing it is a must because the rest of the defense has the ingredients to be strong. ( Matt Eberflus is the reported top candidate to be the Cowboys' defensive coordinator.)

I’d love to be a head coach," Schottenheimer told Yahoo Sports two summers ago. Now he gets his chance. What will it look like in Dallas?

Now that Brian Schottenheimer is the Dallas Cowboys head coach, there's one question many fans are asking: Will he call the plays?  It's an important question to ask, as it strongly impacts the assessment we can have of the decision to make Schottenheimer head coach.

Just like Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson, and Bill Parcells, Brian Schottenheimer is the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Just like Chan Gailey, Dave Campo and Wade Phillips. Unlike with every previous hire Jerry has made since he bought the Cowboys in 1989, there is no good way to spin something that reeks of Campo 2.0.

Michael Irvin bashed the Dallas Cowboys for hiring from within and passing on Deion Sanders. Check out more about what he said here.

Former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin believes Jerry Jones made a mistake by not hiring Deion Sanders as the team's next head coach. The Cowboys

(AP) - Pete Carroll is set to return to the sideline as a head coach following a one-year hiatus and Brian Schottenheimer and Liam Coen are ready for their first shots at running an NFL team.