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.

Mike McCarthy reportedly will not return as the Dallas Cowboys' head coach, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, ending a five-year tenure with

Yes, they technically have one in place in Mike McCarthy, but his contract runs out on Tuesday, making him eligible to negotiate with other teams by early this week. And it sounds like he could hit the open market.

So it should be no surprise if the Cowboys take the exclusive negotiating window they have with Mike McCarthy and his entire coaching staff all the way up to Tuesday's deadline. They did it with quarterback Dak Prescott's contract.

The Mike McCarthy era is over in Dallas. McCarthy will not return as the Cowboys HC for the 2025 season as the two sides could not come to terms on an agreement on the length of a new contract, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Monday.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy appears set to become a free agent, as contract extension talks with the team have yet to begin.

Mike McCarthy's future in Dallas is very much up in the air. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, there reportedly "still haven't been any negotiations on a

Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy's contract comes to an end in less than 24 hours, and as things stand now, no deal has been reached to keep him on board.

Head coach Mike McCarthy, with a future here very much up in the air as his five-year contract is hours away from expiring, is on the verge of being allowed to leave the Cowboys … per a report.