The Dallas Cowboys are promoting Brian Schottenheimer to head coach, making his first defensive hire -- potentially defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus -- all the more important.

The news comes after the Cowboys promoted Brian Schottenheimer, after two seasons as the team’s offensive coordinator, to replace Mike McCarthy as the team’s next head coach. Eberflus, the Bears head coach from 2022 until his firing late in 2024, was a linebackers coach for the Cowboys from 2011-17.

After a tough tenure with the Bears, Brian Schottenheimer is looking to bring in Matt Eberflus as the Cowboys' defensive coordinator.

Eberflus spent seven seasons with the Cowboys, arriving in 2011 as the linebackers coach. He was promoted to defensive passing game coordinator/linebackers coach in 2016, a role he kept for two seasons until leaving to become the Colts' defensive coordinator.

Before becoming the head coach of the Bears in 2022, Eberflus was the defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts. His defense ranked ninth in scoring during the 2021 season.

Matt Eberflus has his first interview lined up since being fired as head coach of the Chicago Bears. The Atlanta Falcons confirmed Saturday that they have interviewed Eberflus for their vacant ...

After a 5-12, last-place season that included 10 consecutive losses and the in-season firings of coach Matt Eberflus and offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, the Chicago Bears are now embarking on a search to hire the franchise’s next head coach.

The Chicago Bears are in a bit of turmoil after the Caleb Williams experiment failed and Matt Eberflus was fired before the season ended. After recently hiring Ben Johnson as their new head coach, the Bears are now on the search for an offensive coordinator.

The Bears aren't expected to land Darren Rizzi as special teams coordinator. But it sounds like Richard Hightower is returning.

It’s been a long time coming, but Ben Johnson (Chicago Bears) and Aaron Glenn (New York Jets) are off to run their own franchises. Who they take with them is the next question, but what we do know right now is that Dan Campbell is tasked with replacing two of his closest confidants in the middle of a Super Bowl window.

The Chicago Bears decided they were not going to waste any time after the Detroit Lions got kicked out of the playoffs by the Washington Commanders.

The 43-year-old Flores has been running Minnesota’s defense the last two seasons after a stint as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach for Pittsburgh.