Jerry Jones Has Spoken to Deion Sanders About Dallas Cowboys Job

Deion Sanders may have a decision to make soon.

According to multiple reports on Monday night, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has already spoken to Sanders about the team's head coaching vacancy.

The Cowboys fired head coach Mike McCarthy on Monday and several potential candidates have already been named.

Sources: #Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has spoken with Colorado HC Deion Sanders about the team’s head coaching vacancy, and discussions are expected to continue regarding the possibility of him becoming the next head coach in Dallas.

Coach Prime is considered a top candidate,… pic.twitter.com/A0ltEMy0bg
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) January 14, 2025

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Colorado HC Deion Sanders have discussed the coaching vacancy in Dallas, per source. There’s mutual interest in keeping the dialogue open. No interview has been scheduled. Very early in the process.
— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) January 14, 2025

Deion Sanders and Jerry Jones have spoken about the Cowboys’ head coaching job, as @Schultz_Report reported. Their talks will continue.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 14, 2025

According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Sanders will have interest in the job.

As many others have speculated, former #Cowboys star Deion Sanders — who has talked to Jerry Jones regularly for the last few decades — has some interest in the Dallas job, sources say. Cowboys have at least some interest, as well.

The two sides will stay in contact. https://t.co/73lzFkndmO
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 14, 2025

Sanders would be the biggest name put forward so far in the Cowboys’ search. He just finished his second season as the head coach at Colorado. The Buffaloes finished 9-4 (7-2 in the Big 12) after going 4-8 in 2023. That followed three seasons at Jackson State in which Sanders led the Tigers to a 27-6 record.

The 57-year-old Sanders went into coaching in 2012 and spent several years at the high school level before taking over at Jackson State in 2020. A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Sanders spent five seasons with the Cowboys, including the 1995 campaign that ended with a victory in Super Bowl XXX.

His son, Shedeur Sanders, is projected to be one of the first quarterbacks taken in the 2025 NFL draft. Conventional wisdom had father and son attempting to team up in the professional ranks, but Dak Prescott is entrenched at quarterback for the Cowboys.

McCarthy was fired following a lackluster 7-10 2024 campaign. In five seasons with the Cowboys, he went 49-35, but only won one playoff game and never advanced past the divisional round.