Report: Cowboys move on from WR coach Derek Dooley
The team has decided to not re-sign the Cowboys' position coach for 2018.
Patrik Walker - 37 minutes ago 1
The Dallas Cowboys are indeed looking to shake up their coaching staff a bit.
The team went 9-7 and will now miss the playoffs for the third time in the last five seasons. Much is being said of just how inept the Cowboys' offense was over the course of the season, falling from top 10 to bottom-of-the-barrel in the absence of running back Ezekiel Elliott. Things didn't get better once Elliott returned either, as the regression of the offensive play calling and quarterback Dak Prescott continued to finish out the year.
The latter wasn't exactly helped by the unit of Cowboys' wide receivers, who suffered from poor schematics and simply dropping key passes. This did nothing but increase the temperature under wideouts coach Derek Dooley and, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the Cowboys have opted to move on from the veteran coach.
Dooley joined the Cowboys in 2013 after serving stints as Athletics Director at Louisiana Tech as well as head coach at the University of Tennessee. He's responsible for helping mold Cole Beasley and Dez Bryant into two of the best receivers in the league, with the latter becoming a three-time pro bowler, an All-Pro, reeling in the franchise record for most receiving touchdowns in a season (2014) and now owning the franchise record for most receiving touchdowns in Cowboys' history.
In his time in Dallas, Dooley propelled the team to a top-five finish in passing yards per play in both 2014 and 2016, but the downturn in 2017 ultimately caused the Cowboys to consider other options going forward.
There will be no shortage of job opportunities going forward for a talent like Dooley.