Mike Zimmer To Join Cowboys as Defensive Coordinator

Mike Zimmer To Join Cowboys as Defensive Coordinator

Mike Zimmer is joining the Dallas Cowboys as their newest defensive coordinator, according to Tom Pelissero.

The #Cowboys are expected to hire Mike Zimmer as their defensive coordinator, per sources.

Zimmer, 67, is the third-winningest head coach in #Vikings history and long respected for his defensive prowess. A big hire for Dallas, where Zimmer previously coached from 1994-2006. pic.twitter.com/jFq8KdIyNJ

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 9, 2024

Zimmer will join Mike McCarthy’s staff and replace Dan Quinn, who left Dallas to become the latest head coach of the Washington Commanders.

Mike Zimmer, 67, will return to the Cowboys where he served from 1994-2006, which also included the defensive coordinator position. Zimmer served as a defensive assistant in 1994, the defensive backs coach from 1995-1999.

Before the move to Dallas, Zimmer’s last stint as a coach in the NFL came with the Minnesota Vikings as their head coach. Serving from 2014-2021, Zimmer had a record of 72-56-1 during his time in Minneapolis. The 72 wins puts Zimmer as the third-winningest coach in the teams’ history.

Before hiring Mike Zimmer as their DC, the Cowboys also interviewed former Commanders head coach Ron Rivera, former Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan and also tried for an internal hire by interviewing their defensive line coach Aden Durde and secondary coach Joe Whitt Jr. — Whitt Jr. canceled the interview and followed Quinn to Washington and became their defensive coordinator.

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