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Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has been told that he will return in 2022, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Ed Werder on Thursday.
Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones has so far declined to commit to McCarthy’s return publicly after Dallas’ playoff exit with a wild-card round loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
USA Today Sports first reported that McCarthy had been told he will return.
With coach Sean Payton walking away from the New Orleans Saints this week, it only intensified speculation regarding McCarthy’s future given Jones’ affinity for Payton, a former Dallas assistant under Bill Parcells.
Payton said on Tuesday that he doesn’t plan to coach another team in 2022. Since he’s under contract for three more seasons, the Saints would have to agree to trade compensation if he wanted to coach another team.
On Jan. 17, Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones said in an interview with 105.3 The Fan in Dallas that he was “very confident” McCarthy would return but just days later, Jerry Jones wouldn’t divulge his conversations with the coaching staff and their futures in an interview with the same radio station.
McCarthy has said that he wasn’t concerned about his future as head coach, saying in a news conference on Jan. 19 that he had positive conversations with Jerry Jones after the loss to the 49ers.
McCarthy has an 18-15 regular-season record in two seasons, which includes a 12-5 mark and NFC East title in 2021, buoyed by quarterback Dak Prescott’s return to health and a revamped defense that led the NFL in takeaways (34) under new coordinator Dan Quinn.
Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Dianna Russini on Thursday that Quinn will return next season as defensive coordinator after he interviewed for the head-coaching vacancies of the Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins and New York Giants.
While the offense finished No. 1 in yards and points this season, it had no consistency, scoring 16 and 9 points in losses to the Broncos…
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