Breaking : Cowboys Unveil 28-Person Coaching Staff- The Future is Bright

Brian Schottenheimer has his guys.

Dallas Cowboys watchers have been quick to judge – positively or negatively – the people who have been hired to join the new head coach’s staff.

We choose to go another direction, as we will withhold judgment because we are honest with ourselves about the fact that 99 percent of us have never heard of said new hire.

So now, as attention turns to the 2025 season under new head coach Schottenheimer – who just to prove our point was a “hot” candidate a decade ago but is now seen as an “uninspired” one – the new staff is officially complete.

Matt Eberflus will lead the defense. His key staffers are defensive passing game coordinator Andre Curtis, DBs coach David Overstreet, linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi, defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton.

Eberflus was by all measures a success as an assistant (including during his time in Dallas) but as a head coach in Chicago, where he was recently fired, posted a dismal 14-32 record.

Good coach? Or bad coach?

Offensively, Schotty is putting together a staff with some names that are earning positive reviews. The group: Klayton Adams (offensive coordinator), Lunda Wells (tight ends coach), Conor Riley (offensive line coach), Derrick Foster (running backs coach), Steve Shimko (QB coach) and Junior Adams (receivers coach), who will all be tasked with getting the most out of Dak Prescott and company in 2025.

Oh, and now veteran coordinator Ken Dorsey is coming aboard as a “passing game specialist.”

Good group? Had you ever heard of the now-touted Adams before last week? Does the fact that Dorsey has been fired twice in the last two years mean he’s part of a “bad group”?

With a key emphasis on running the football, the Cowboys have gone after proven coaches. Adams and Riley both have resumes that suggest they can be quality additions, particularly in the run game. Plus, Adams (who was the co-offensive coordinator at Oregon) focuses on the details of route running, which the Cowboys often blasted for last season.

And Dorsey has experience as an offensive coordinator from recent stints in Buffalo and Cleveland.

Pitch in Nick Sorensen as the special-teams coordinator (he’s been a defensive coordinator before) and the 28-person group is complete.

And as that does mark the completion of the assemblage of Schottenheimer’s new staff, when will we judge? How will we judge?

We will let you know … based largely on how many games they win.