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The Dallas Cowboys decided to bring Mike McCarthy back as head coach in 2024. But the decision reportedly doesn’t come with any extra job security.
Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that McCarthy is not expected to receive a contract extension this offseason. Instead, he will coach the 2024 season on a contract that will expire after the 2024 season.
McCarthy, 60, has coached the Cowboys to a 67-42 record and two NFC East titles in four seasons, but despite the team’s regular-season success, he’s only gone 1-3 in the playoffs, failing to advance past the divisional round.
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Sunday’s playoff defeat was the most humbling. The Green Bay Packers, the lowest seed in the NFC playoffs, routed the Cowboys, 48-32, in a wild-card game at AT&T Stadium, where the Cowboys had gone 8-0 during the regular season.
Nevertheless, after a three-hour meeting, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones decided Wednesday to retain McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl with the Packers in 2008. Jones released a brief statement that cited McCarthy’s “demonstrated postseason success at high level.”
McCarthy, meanwhile, encouraged Cowboys’ fans to “buy into us.”
With their Super Bowl drought now at 28 seasons, the Cowboys have received criticism for their decision to stick with McCarthy, who just completed his fourth season a five-year contract that pays him an estimated $4M to $7M per season.
“I am very confident in our direction, and I like where we are in moving forward,” McCarthy said.