Everyone remembers the one that got away. From the girl next door to the job offer with the bad timing, hindsight can be cruel as much as it can be educational. For the Dallas Cowboys, Sean Peyton is often seen as the head coach that got away.

Dallas will need to find a new defensive coordinator for 2025, too. Mike Zimmer told Ed Werder that he would not return to the Cowboys and would likely retire.

"The truth,'' Mike Zimmer tells us with a laugh, "is that I've wanted to be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for 25 years.''

Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer confirmed that he wouldn't be returning to the team in 2025 and will likely retire from coaching in the

Mike Zimmer, who helped turn around the Dallas defense over the course of a difficult 7-10 season, reportedly won't come back to the Cowboys with Brian Schottenheimer in charge.

Schottenheimer and the Cowboys have named Dave Borgonzi, Aaron Whitecotton and Andre Curtis to the staff, the team announced Wednesday. All three are defensive hires. And all three new additions were greatly influenced by new Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus . Schottenheimer, though, had final say on the hires as head coach.

In addition to Eberflus, the Cowboys hired former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen as special teams coordinator, replacing John Fassel, who joined the Tennessee Titans after his contract expired. Sorensen previously worked with Schottenheimer in Seattle and Jacksonville.

Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer will not have Mike Zimmer running the defense for him in 2025. Zimmer told Ed Werder of ESPN that he will not be returning to Dallas for a second season. Zimmer said that he will likely retire from coaching.

The Dallas Cowboys have been busy assembling their coaching staff this January after the departure of former head coach, Mike McCarthy. His replacement, Brian Schottenheimer, appointed former Bears head coach,

Brian Schottenheimer has brought a former head coach onto his Dallas Cowboys staff. Former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus was announced as

Former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer is out as the Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator and he is done for good.