Brian Schottenheimer was not the glitziest available name for the Dallas Cowboys to pick from for its head coaching hire when organization parted ways with Mike McCarthy, but Jerry Jones forged ahead with that plan. It was an interesting end amid interesting timing as the high-profile coaching search met a resolution.
Schottenheimer, who served as the Cowboys' offensive coordinator the past two seasons, has previous stops in the same role with the Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and the then-St. Louis Rams. He has never been a head coach since breaking into coaching with the Rams in 1997 as an assistant, so he's a bit of an unknown quantity.
