Mike McCarthy will not return as coach of the Dallas Cowboy.
Owner Jerry Jones said the organization and McCarthy mutually agreed to part ways. A search for the team’s next coach begins immediately.
McCarthy’s contract expired on Jan. 8 following a 7-10 season. Dallas was 12-5 each of the three years before that under him, but still hasn’t been past the divisional round of the NFC playoffs since its last Super Bowl at the end of the 1995 season.
University of Colorado coach Deion Sanders — who played on the last Super Bowl-winning Cowboys team — has a good relationship with Jones and could emerge as a coaching candidate. The two have discussed the job. A formal interview hasn’t been arranged as the team is still in the process of gathering candidates.
Next season will be the 30th for the Cowboys since winning the last of their five Super Bowl titles.
