The Dallas Cowboys are going with an in-house candidate to replace head coach Mike McCarthy. They are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for that role.

The Dallas Cowboys have hired their next head coach, promoting former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer on Friday to the head coaching position.

After the Dallas Cowboys didn’t reach an agreement to retain coach Mike McCarthy, owner Jerry Jones chose a successor from within and promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to head coach, in a move that would have been seen as stunning as recently as a few days ago.