Dallas Cowboys Coach Tracker: ‘Double Dip’ Hire; Joneses meet George Edwards

FRISCO – Our Dallas Cowboys Coach Tracker …. to keep you informed as ‘America’s Team’ makes decisions about coaching staff …

WEDNESDAY PM: JONESES MEETS WITH EDWARDS In addition to George Edwards’ coordinator interview with head coach Mike McCarthy over the weekend (before the subsequent hiring of Dan Quinn), the Jones family visited closely with Edwards over the idea that the Cowboys senior assistant in a mate at The Star will stay. .

Edwards, the former Vikings coordinator, did not come here a year ago as a Mike Nolan staff, but rather as a McCarthy hire. He was once with Quinn in the same staff of Dolphins. And he once coached linebackers for the Cowboys.

WEDNESDAY AM: WHITT JR. COME ON A The Cowboys get their double wish: head coach Mike McCarthy has Joe Whitt Jr. designated as his “coordinator / secondary coach for defense passes.” Whitt may not leave his contract in Atlanta (which would possibly have happened under anyway (whoever the Hawks appoint as their next coach) and gets a two-year contract here.

Whitt has spent a decade in McCarthy’s Packers staff and will likely be helped by Al Harris, the former Packers player who joined Dallas as DB coach last year. With Whitt going, Mo Linquist will probably leave.

Dallas is also adding a new D-line coach. We reported on Tosh Lupoi and Travis Jones. (See below.) Add now Giff Smith mixing.

TUESDAY AM: COACH CAMPBELL? Can Dan Campbell, the former Cowboys tighthead prop, be the next Detroit Lions head coach? A source tells CowboysSI.com that Robert Saleh, coordinator of Niners, has entered the process as a favorite, but that there is an influence in the building ‘in Detroit that could be’ favorable ‘and therefore Campbell, who formally interviewed for the job, can print. – on the front of the suit.

Campbell is currently the assistant head coach for the New Orleans Saints, and in 2015 was the interim head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Campbell, 44, is a native of Clifton, Texas, and a Texas A&M product and will provide an old-school approach to Lions staff.

MONDAY PM: LAST WORDS “Grace, character and brotherhood” … Dan Quinn came on board a three-year deal. Do you want a background? Read here: “What Dan Quinn’s ‘Last Words’ Mean When the Dallas Cowboys Appoint Him as a Defensive Coordinator.”

MONDAY AM: QUINN STAFF? Dan Quinn’s second interview (this one face – to – face) takes place on Monday, and one of the topics is the proposed composition of his staff.

Quinn plus Joe Whitt Jr. (as the best defense assistant, with a title like ‘passing coordinator’ or something like that) is the thought of many people in The Star. Whitt would take over the secondary position, which was a failure under McCarthy’s hand. selected staff in 2019.

A possible hurdle: what if Raheem Morris gets the head coaching job in Atlanta? In that case, Whitt could stay there as his coordinator. … which could lead to Jason Simmons getting the pass coordinator / secondary job.

In addition, there is a vacancy in D-line coaching in Dallas. Ownership wants to retain Leon Lett in an assistant role. An interesting name if he’s available via change in Atlanta is Tosh Lupoi, Quinn’s defensive coach and coordinator in 2019. In his resume is a five-season period in Alabama. Another name: Travis Jones, another Atlanta staffer who was also with Nick Saban at LSU.

Sure, Dallas leans toward a return to the 4-3 defense and toward people to undertake the secondary management who have experience as ‘teachers’. ‘

We would like to note that Dallas appears to be conducting a formal interview with senior staff George Edwards, although Dallas appears to be. Details here.

Also: While McCarthy certainly wants to keep Scott McCurley as coach of the lineout balance, the front office will have a say – and the availability of Sean Lee as a retired player looking to start a coaching career could be just as good.

MONDAY AM: QUINN INTERVIEWS The Dallas Cowboys have added their candidate list to take over defense coordinator Dan Quinn, the former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons.

From 2015-2020, Quinn was the head coach of the Hawks, a run that includes several playoff spots with a 2016 Super Bowl appearance.

READ MORE: Cowboys interviews Falcons, ex. Dan Quinn

Click above. The coordinator evidence is impressive … and then read below how it’s not necessarily Mike McCarthy’s ‘guy’ … which can be a good thing.

SUNDAY PM: IT’S ‘MCCARTHY’S RENT’, BUT … A source tells CowboysSI.com that it’s McCarthy’s rent. “But we are also informed that a ‘top-front-office executive’ ‘may also be present during the interview process for the visits.

SUNDAY PM: CAROLINA ASSISTANT INTERVIEWS Another candidate came to light when Jason Panther’s defensive tackle coordinator / secondary Jason Simmons interviewed the Dallas coordinator, a visit that included Mike McCarthy and Jerry Jones for the Dallas Cowboys, according to Mike ESPN. This information coincides with our report that a general manager will be involved in the McCarthy interviews.

Simmons and McCarthy, as one would guess, worked together in Green Bay.

SUNDAY: packed? a year ago, Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy would appoint Joe Whitt as his defense coordinator before the job finally goes to another McCarthy friend, the now-retired Mike Nolan.

Joe Whitt Jr. is back in the mix and will be interviewing for the vacancy this weekend. And perhaps one of the most appealing things to him – given his job last year as a “passing game coordinator” for an Atlanta team that finished last in the NFL in defense – who can come with him.

Sources point out to CowboysSI.com that while McCarthy does not have a specific relationship with former Falcons head coach Dan Quinn, Whitt has, of course – as Quinn is the man Whitt hired in Atlanta. Furthermore, the idea that McCarthy can get his way with the Whitt hire (which the head coach is striving for) may be more pleasing if Quinn can also come to The Star as a defensive coach.

If McCarthy gets his way and hires Whitt – no guarantees yet, as other viable candidates, including current Cowboys adviser George Edwards, also deserve discussion) – it increases the likelihood that other McCarthy staff members will retain their jobs. In the event of a hiring of Edwards, he could appeal for staff changes, just as most other people would bring in from outside.

But if McCarthy can lure Whitt and Quinn (who wants to justify it higher than being a position coach)? The Joneses may have been impressed enough to make McCarthy feel good about the rest of the defensive personnel in place.

SATURDAY PM: EASY START A smart and ‘easy’ move? Raise George Edwards. Edwards, the former Vikings coordinator, is already in the building but was technically not part of the Nolan staff.

READ MORE: Marvin Lewis, Quinn, Edwards among the best Dallas candidates?

He could represent a compromise between the Jones family and McCarthy.

SATURDAY AM: WHITE TO MAINTAIN – WITH A PRESSURE Joe Whitt Jr. is a meaningful name for McCarthy.

READ MORE: Sources: McCarthy Pushing for Whitt – Who he almost hired last year

But Whitt, despite his Green Bay commitment, cannot use his final season in Atlanta as a resume.

FRIDAY PM: TOP DC CANDIDATES We have compiled our list … some are our names, but most are names from within the building or names with clear connections to the inside of the building.

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