Despite a historic playoff collapse, Mike McCarthy will return to lead the Dallas Cowboys.
After three days of intense speculation about his future, Mike McCarthy will have another opportunity to lead the Dallas Cowb
oys to a deep playoff run, capping nearly three decades of unsuccessful attempts.
Following a stunning 48-32 wild-card loss to Green Bay, owner and general manager Jerry Jones announced on Wednesday night that McCarthy will return for a fifth season.
Since the 14-team format was implemented in 2020, the Cowboys became the first team ranked second to lose to the final team to qualify. In the last two weeks, Dallas dominated the NFC East and earned the opportunity to host at least two postseason games.
McCarthy’s team, on the other hand, is the first after three straight 12-win playoff seasons to miss out on a conference title game.
“With multiple allusions to the heartbreak of the playoff defeat, there is tremendous benefit to continuing the team’s progress under Mike’s leadership as our head coach,” Jones stated in a statement. “We will commit ourselves, in collaboration with Mike, to translating his record of the highest regular-season winning percentage among all Cowboys head coaches into accomplishing our postseason objectives.”
