The Dallas Cowboys’ search for a new head coach to replace Mike McCarthy is just now getting started. Kellen Moore joins Deion Sanders as early candidates.

Cowboys now have requested permission to interview Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore for their head coaching job, per source. pic.twitter.com/n1FSqjCs97 Moore, 36, was the Chargers’ offensive coordinator in 2023; after five seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, he joined Brandon Staley’s staff in January 2023.

Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore to interview with the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints over the next two days

The Cowboys and Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore know each other well and they'll have a chance to catch up on Friday.

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The Cowboys are set to interview a pair of former NFL head coaches next in Robert Saleh and Leslie Frazier. Saleh was fired by the New York Jets five games into his fourth season in 2024. Frazier, the assistant head coach in Seattle this season, spent three-plus years as coach of the Minnesota Vikings a decade ago.

The Cowboys' coaching search is rolling on with another familiar figure in Kellen Moore, the team's former backup QB and offensive coordinator.

Moore was Dallas franchise quarterback Dak Prescott’s play-caller from 2019-2022, which included the first three years of McCarthy’s five-year tenure.

For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.

The Dallas Cowboys have interviewed former New York Jets coach Robert Saleh in another step in the search to replace Mike McCarthy.

The Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy chose to part ways. As such, Jerry Jones will need to find a new head coach for his organization. And while