Cowboys await decision from ‘highly-valued’ Quinn.
In the very near future, Dan Quinn will make a decision on the next phase of his NFL career. He currently resides as the defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys, and has since joining the organization in 2021, but he’s also wrapping up his latest round of interviews to possibly return to the head coaching ranks in 2024.
While Mike McCarthy will remain with the Cowboys for the upcoming season, Quinn is the other big shoe that has yet to drop. Quinn is anticipated to make his choice as soon as possible.
Quinn’s current status with the Cowboys is expected to continue if he declines an offer to become head coach this offseason. McCarthy, for his part, is still complimentary of Quinn’s defensive counterpart.
“Dan is a highly-valued member of our coaching staff,” said McCarthy. “We’ll go through the process there.”
Quinn’s pending decision will have major ramifications on the defensive side of the ball, particularly as it relates to McCarthy’s plan for the assistant coaching staff beneath Quinn.
Those meetings and discussions set to begin later this week, per McCarthy, with a timetable that is undoubtedly being respectful of the “process” being undertaken by Quinn regarding interviews.
“We’ll start that [soon],” McCarthy said. “Some of those conversations will be preliminary, right now, but we’re moving forward in that direction. Obviously, this is the time of the year where there are other opportunities, and we’ll work through that … on a day-to-day basis.”
Given McCarthy’s willingness to move pieces around (and out or in) over the past four seasons with the goal of upgrading his staff — Mike Nolan to Dan Quinn and Joe Philbin to Mike Solari, to name just two examples of several — it is unclear if the coaching staff will look the same in 2024, even if Quinn stays on.
In the event that Quinn chooses to go, talks with the assistant defensive coaches will undoubtedly change in the near future. One or more of them may be considered for promotions, and further decisions will be made in this regard.
It’s a waiting game for the time being, but it won’t be for long.
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