Brian Schottenheimer was born on October 16,1973 and is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
25 Facts About Brian Schottenheimer
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Brian Schottenheimer previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, St Louis Rams and the University of Georgia and served as an assistant coach for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Brian Schottenheimer prepped at Blue Valley High School in Overland Park, Kansas, where he quarterbacked his team to the Kansas Class 5A state football championship in 1991, while earning first-team all-state and honorable mention high school All-American honors.
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Brian Schottenheimer threw for 2,586 yards and 26 touchdowns in his career.
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Brian Schottenheimer transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, sat out a year as required by NCAA transfer rules, and then played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1994 to 1996.
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Brian Schottenheimer served as backup to starting quarterback Danny Wuerffel, and was a member of the Gators' 1996 Bowl Alliance national championship team.
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Brian Schottenheimer graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 1997.
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Brian Schottenheimer was an assistant coach from 1997 to 2005 with the St Louis Rams, Kansas City Chiefs, Syracuse Orange, and USC Trojans, including as quarterback coach for the Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers.
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Brian Schottenheimer was an assistant under his father, Marty Schottenheimer, in three of those coaching positions: Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers.
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In 2007, Brian Schottenheimer's name was floated around as being a possible replacement for the departed Nick Saban as the Miami Dolphins head coach.
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Brian Schottenheimer later removed his name from consideration for the Dolphins head coaching position, preferring to stay in New York.
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In 2009, after Eric Mangini was fired, Brian Schottenheimer was one of the first candidates interviewed for the open head coaching position.
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On January 13,2010, Brian Schottenheimer announced that he was staying with the Jets as offensive coordinator and would not interview for the head coaching vacancy with the Buffalo Bills.
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On January 21,2012, Brian Schottenheimer was named the offensive coordinator of the St Louis Rams under new head coach Jeff Fisher.
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Brian Schottenheimer lost starting running back Nick Chubb to a season-ending knee injury in the sixth game against the University of Tennessee.
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Brian Schottenheimer contributed to Andrew Luck having arguably the best-overall performance of his career, establishing a single-season career-high in completion percentage and being ranked among the top 10 in the league in passing yards, passing touchdowns and quarterback rating.
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On January 12,2021, Brian Schottenheimer was fired by the Seahawks following the Seahawks' Wild Card loss to the Los Angeles Rams due to "philosophical differences".
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On February 1,2021, Brian Schottenheimer was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as their passing game coordinator under head coach Urban Meyer.
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Brian Schottenheimer was in charge of calling the offensive plays for the final four games of the season, after Meyer was fired.
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On February 8,2022, upon the Jaguars hiring of Doug Pederson as the new head coach, Brian Schottenheimer was not retained on the coaching staff.
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On March 24,2022, Brian Schottenheimer was hired by the Dallas Cowboys as a consultant.
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Brian Schottenheimer worked mostly with defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, providing analysis of opposing teams offenses.
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On February 4,2023, after Kellen Moore left to join the Los Angeles Chargers staff, Brian Schottenheimer was promoted to offensive coordinator, with head coach Mike McCarthy taking over the play-calling responsibility.
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On January 24,2025, a couple of weeks after McCarthy and the Cowboys decided not to renew McCarthy's contract, Brian Schottenheimer was promoted to head coach.
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Brian Schottenheimer is the son of Marty Brian Schottenheimer, who had been the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers, and Kansas City Chiefs.