It's not up there with having the audacity to fire legendary coach Tom Landry on a golf course in Austin, but Jerry Jones' fumbling of Mike McCarthy's exit from the Dallas Cowboys is, at best, a horrible look and,

McCarthy's overall lack of playoff success and the offense getting stale are big reasons Jerry Jones is making a coaching change.

We thought we'd take a look back at all the coaches that have led "America's Team" into competition since that very first year of action in 1960.

The Cowboys compiled a 49-35 record in McCarthy’s five seasons. Tom Landry and Jason Garrett are the only coaches in franchise history with more victories.

McCarthy spent six years in the college ranks before he broke into the NFL in 1993 on Marty Schottenheimer’s Kansas City staff as a quality control coach. He was a quarterback coach for the Chiefs and Green Bay Packers before leaving to become the offensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints in 2000.

McCarthy leaves looking like the bigger man. Partially because of the malaise that began to coat the Cowboys' fan base and partially because Jerry seems to again be operating on his gut as he moves forward.

Dallas parted ways with McCarthy this week after a disappointing season. The Denton Record Chronicle's Brett Vito spoke with KERA's Andrew Garcia about where the Cowboys go from here.

Mike McCarthy is not returning as coach of the ... franchise’s second-longest coaching tenure. Hall of Fame coach Tom Landry was the coach for the Cowboys’ first 29 seasons, the same number ...

McCarthy has already been linked to 2 clubs in the market for a new coach. There’s a good chance the Cowboys will get a rematch in 2025.

Schottenheimer, the team’s offensive coordinator, is the ninth coach hired by owner Jerry Jones since he bought the team in 1989 and fired the only coach the Cowboys had for their first 29 seasons, Tom Landry.

Andy Reid already has cemented his status as one of the greatest head coaches in NFL history. With three rings to his name, he's up there with Don Shula, Bill Belichick and the other legends to roam an NFL sideline.

For the third time, Jerry Jones looked down the hall to find his head coach. — ©2025 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.