McCarthy spent six years in the college ranks before he broke into the NFL in 1993 on Marty Schottenheimer’s Kansas City staff as a quality control coach. He was a quarterback coach for the Chiefs and Green Bay Packers before leaving to become the offensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints in 2000.

Mike McCarthy reportedly will not return as the Dallas Cowboys' head coach, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, ending a five-year tenure with

Again, McCarthy's current contract is set to expire in a number of hours, giving Jones and the Cowboys an exclusive window to get pen to paper on a new deal. If they are unable to get something done before that deadline, McCarthy would be fully within his rights and capabilities to speak to other teams about their head-coaching vacancies.

Mike McCarthy's contract with the Dallas Cowboys ran out, and his time with the team has run its course. McCarthy, whose contract expired after the 2024 season, won't return as Dallas' coach next season.

So it should be no surprise if the Cowboys take the exclusive negotiating window they have with Mike McCarthy and his entire coaching staff all the way up to Tuesday's deadline. They did it with quarterback Dak Prescott's contract.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy appears set to become a free agent, as contract extension talks with the team have yet to begin.

The Mike McCarthy era is over in Dallas. McCarthy will not return as the Cowboys HC for the 2025 season as the two sides could not come to terms on an agreement on the length of a new contract, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Monday.

Mike McCarthy's future in Dallas is very much up in the air. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, there reportedly "still haven't been any negotiations on a

After five years with the Dallas Cowboys, Mike McCarthy is a free agent coach. The Cowboys, as his incumbent team, hold exclusive negotiation rights with the coach until midnight, Tuesday. After that, McCarthy is free to talk to any team.