Mike Zimmer will not return as the Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator in 2025, he tells Ed Werder. He’s expected to retire from coaching and the NFL, per the report, and the Cowboys are ‘likely’ to hire former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus to replace him.

Shortly after a full press conference with the new Cowboys head coach, the organization unveiled their next big plan: a new defensive coordinator. Specifically, the addition of Matt Eberflus, the former Chicago Bears head coach.

In addition to Eberflus, the Cowboys hired former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen as special teams coordinator, replacing John Fassel, who joined the Tennessee Titans after his contract expired. Sorensen previously worked with Schottenheimer in Seattle and Jacksonville.

Brian Schottenheimer has made a high-profile addition to his Cowboys staff, bringing in ex-Bears head coach Matt Eberflus to be the team's new DC.

One day after the Cowboys held a press conference to unveil Schottenheimer as the 10th head coach in franchise history, the club hired Matt Eberflus to be the team’s defensive coordinator and Nick Sorensen to oversee special teams.

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The Dallas Cowboys have officially hired former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflusn as defensive coordinator.

Mike Zimmer will not be returning as the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in 2025, and will most likely retire.

The Dallas Cowboys have hired Matt Eberflus as the new defensive coordinator and are expected to finalize a deal with Nick Sorensen as the special teams coordinator, according to multiple team sources to the Star-Telegram.

The Dallas Cowboys stayed in-house for their new head coach, promoting Brian Schottenheimer as Mike McCarthy's successor. They're welcoming a former head coach from outside the building to aid Schottenheimer,

Matt Eberflus will be Dallas' third defensive coordinator in as many years, with Dan Quinn here in 2022 and Mike Zimmer - who tells us he's retiring - here in 2024.

Former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus was named the defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday. Eberflus is no stranger to the Cowboys, with whom he served as