If there’s one coach in the NFL who is squarely in the hot seat heading into the 2024 season, it’s Mike McCarthy. The Dallas Cowboys head coach is entering the final year of his contract with the team, which means he has no safety net.
With his future up in the air, McCarthy made a decision this week that shows how much he’s preparing for what could possibly happen next offseason. According to on ESPN.com, McCarthy hired Don Yee to serve as his agent. If you’ve heard the name Yee before, it’s probably because he has a superstar client list that includes Tom Brady, Jim Harbaugh and Sean Payton.
This is definitely an interesting hire and proves that McCarthy is well aware that he could be looking for a job after the 2024 season. McCarthy was originally hired by the Cowboys in 2020 and although he Although he had a lot of success in Dallas, including three straight 12-win seasons, he failed to get the organization over the top.
The Cowboys haven’t been to the NFC title game since 1995 and that drought continued under McCarthy. The 60-year-old coach led the Cowboys to the playoffs in three of his four years with the team, but he went 1-3 in those three appearances and Dallas was unable to to get out of the divisional round.
If McCarthy ends up becoming a free agent coach next offseason, there’s a good chance he’ll have a long list of suitors. Although he didn’t get Dallas to the Super Bowl, he managed to go 42-25 in four seasons while competing against Jerry Jones.
With Yee in place, it shows the Cowboys that McCarthy is willing to look at his other options if he feels the team is ready to move on from him. The flip side here is that if McCarthy has a successful year in 2024 and the Cowboys want to keep him, he now has Yee representing him, meaning he could play hardball with the Jones family in any potential negotiations.
