Dallas Cowboys BREAKING: Mike Zimmer Hired By Jerry Jones to Mike McCarthy Staff
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00:00 If you have followed along the Dallas Cowboys interview process, looking for a defensive coordinator to replace Dan Quinn, who of course is Washington bound, you are not shocked by this.
00:11 And you may be even impressed by this. Mike Fisher in Las Vegas, where the Dallas Cowboys are sealing the deal on their new defensive coordinator.
00:20 It's a made man. It's Mike Zimmer, age 67, of course, long history with the Cowboys. Has not been retired exactly. Has actually been working, doing some stuff in college football with one of his best friends, Deion Sanders.
00:33 Mike Zimmer was here in 1994. That's when he started his NFL career as an assistant coach, working under Barry Switzer at the time. Later worked under Bill Parcells.
00:43 We've mentioned the Deion Sanders connection. This is a Jerry Jones connection and the stamp of approval from the head coach, Mike McCarthy, as well.
00:55 A highly accomplished guy. Mike Zimmer worked here for 94 to 2006. Became the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Yes, he's a tough guy.
01:06 Everybody will tell you that, but he's much more than somebody who cusses you out on the sideline. He can run any kind of defense.
01:13 He now knows college football after having spent a great deal of time there. Knows the people in college football. Knows where all the bones are buried.
01:20 Of course, at Cowboys headquarters as well. This is very much a Jerry Jones family move. It is wrong to say that Jerry pushed for this. He doesn't need to push.
01:30 He's the owner. It is right to say that as soon as Mike Zimmer acknowledged, "Yeah, I'd like to talk about this thing," that gave him the inside lane over candidates like Rex Ryan, Ron Rivera, and even Wink Martindale, who I don't think ever actually interviewed, but was certainly on the wish list.
01:48 They are sealing the deal as we speak. Mike Zimmer will be the next defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys. A loyalty guy.
01:56 This is not somebody, not that he doesn't have ambition, of course, who doesn't. This is not somebody who's coming to Dallas so he can take over and backstab the existing head coach, the lame duck Mike McCarthy.
02:08 He's here to help the Jones family. He's here to help the Cowboys. He's here to help Mike McCarthy, too. Mike Zimmer is the new defensive coordinator for your Dallas Cowboys in Las Vegas at the Super Bowl. Fish, out.