Now, it is time for his staff to come together. NFL insider Ed Werder initially reported former Cowboys assistant Matt Eberflus was hired as defensive coordinator. Werder would retract that report later, noting, as Jane Slater did initially, that Eberflus is "held in high regard" for the position, but has not been hired yet.

The Dallas Cowboys have hired their new head coach, naming Brian Schottenheimer the 10th coach in team history, and now he has hired his defensive coordinator.

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.

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 Atlanta Falcons announced announced on Saturday that they have interviewed former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus for their vacant defensive coordinator position. The move comes as the team continues its search for a leader to revamp a defense that struggled during the 2024 season.

INDIANAPOLIS — The defensive coordinator search the Colts have put together continues ... coordinator Gus Bradley and his predecessor, Matt Eberflus, who ran different styles of defense but ...

Colts new defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo plans on being multiple, flexible and relying on defenders who process the game quickly.

Eberflus, who left Dallas to become the defensive coordinator for Indianapolis before using that as a platform to become the head coach of the Chicago Bears, is in discussions with club officials to return to the Cowboys as defensive coordinator, two people with knowledge of the potential staff told the Dallas Morning News.

Jan 6, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana ... Images Cornerback Kenny Moore II thrived under former Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus (2018-2021), mainly due to the adjustments and maximizing ...

The Dallas Cowboys followed their disappointing 2024 season by making perhaps the most underwhelming head coaching decision that they could have made, replacing

Fans might remember Eberflus from his first stint with the Cowboys starting back in 2011 when he came over from Cleveland with then-defensive coordinator