Jerry Jones passed on outside options to make his offensive coordinator a first-time head coach. Here's how it happened.

After the Dallas Cowboys didn’t reach an agreement to retain coach Mike McCarthy, owner Jerry Jones chose a successor from within and promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to head coach, in a move that would have been seen as stunning as recently as a few days ago.

Brian Schottenheimer praised his late father and longtime NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer while being introduced as the Cowboys head coach Monday.