Dallas will need to find a new defensive coordinator for 2025, too. Mike Zimmer told Ed Werder that he would not return to the Cowboys and would likely retire.

Former Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer is likely to retire from coaching in the NFL, according to veteran reporter Ed Werder. Zimmer spent last season as the Cowboys' defensive coordinator under Mike McCarthy but is not returning to Dallas on new head coach Brian Schottenheimer's staff.

Ed Werder says that Cowboys DC Mike Zimmer has told him he will not be returning to the Cowboys staff in 2025 and is likely to retire from the NFL. Werder adds that the team will likely hire former Bears HC Matt Eberflus as their defensive coordinator.

Unfortunately, we won't get to see him build upon the success he had. Zimmer told Ed Werder of ESPN that he won't be returning as a member of Brian Schottenheimer's staff. While that seemed to be the case from the moment Schottenheimer was hired,