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McCarthy confirmed to NFL Network on Monday he
signed a contract and will officially be introduced as the
replacement for Jason Garrett, who was officially informed his
contract would not be renewed on Sunday.
McCarthy, 56, had also met with the Cleveland Browns, New York
Giants and Carolina Panthers.
He was fired by the Packers on Dec. 2, 2018, after the team
dropped to 4-7-1 during his 13th season at the helm in Green
Bay. He finished with a 125-77-2 regular-season record while
going 10-8 in the postseason, including a victory in Super Bowl
XLV in the 2010 season.
McCarthy's Packers twice knocked Garrett's Cowboys out of the
playoffs, winning divisional-round games on Jan. 11, 2015 (26-21
at Lambeau Field) and Jan. 15, 2017 (34-31 at AT&T Stadium).
Garrett, 53, was head coach of the Cowboys for nine seasons and
interim head coach for part of another season. He was 85-67 as
head coach.
Garrett, whose contract would have expired on Jan. 14, was not
expected to return after failing to reach the playoffs despite a
3-0 start and a 6-3 record through nine games.
"His tenure of leadership will be characterized by his ability
to produce teams that always played with great effort, emotion
and passion, and he represented our organization with great
pride, loyalty and respect," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in
the statement.
Multiple outlets previously reported that the Cowboys would
prefer to let Garrett's contract run out rather than fire the
coach, who had been on the Dallas coaching staff since 2007 and
spent seven years on their roster as a backup quarterback in the
1990s.
McCarthy interviewed with the Cowboys on Saturday and reportedly
could consider former Bengals coach Marvin Lewis as defensive
coordinator.
--Field Level Media
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