The Cowboys have tabbed Brian Schottenheimer as their 10th head coach in franchise history. How do the previous nine stack up? Here's how we ranked them.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones acknowledged he ventured off the beaten path a bit when he tabbed Brian Schottenheimer as the team's next head coach.

The Dallas Cowboys hired Brian Schottenheimer to be the tenth head coach in franchise history. Here's a look back at the previous coaches through the years.

The curious part is that Brian has been an assistant coach since 1998, and while he had the tag of “Hot Assistant Coach” for a while, it faded. He’s served as an analyst, a quarterbacks coach, a tight ends coach, and an offensive coordinator since he started his career with the St. Louis Rams, in 1997.

Brian Schottenheimer says he's "ready" to be coach of the Dallas Cowboys after a long career as an NFL assistant.

Once dominant on championship Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys are again - for the 29th consecutive year - only a sad spectator.

The first question was about why Jones hired Schottenheimer as head coach. Ten minutes of emotional rambling later, the tone was set, and it felt familiar to anyone who's followed the Cowboys in recent decades.

The Dallas Cowboys say offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer has agreed to become the storied franchise’s next coach.

Brian Schottenheimer was quick to address the skeptics over his hiring to lead the Dallas Cowboys, even before taking a moment to recognize his late father, longtime NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer. “I’ve had some opportunities when I was a much younger man,

Jones broke into the league by firing an NFL coaching icon in Tom Landry and replacing him with a college coach. Jimmy Johnson was a successful college coach, but that rarely translated into being a successful NFL coach in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

The world of sports is centered around the NFL, with the quarterback position being the most important in the game. Some teams have had multiple Hall of Fame passers in their franchise history, with a few having only two to three starting quarterbacks in 50 years.