The Dallas Cowboys plan to hire former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus as the team’s new defensive coordinator, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. Eberflus is returning to the Cowboys, where he was previously a linebackers coach (2011-2015), and later passing game coordinator (2016-2017) under former head coach Jason Garrett.

The Cowboys longtime DC Mike Zimmer, 68, told ESPN’s Ed Werder on Sunday that he was not planning on returning to the team as part of newly-hired head coach Brian Schottenheimer’s staff, and will likely retire.

After his time with the Cowboys as linebackers coach, Eberflus joined the Indianapolis Colts as defensive coordinator from 2018-21, where he helped the team to two playoff appearances in those four years. Eberflus was later named as the Chiacgo Bears head coach in 2022, where he spent most of the last three NFL seasons.  The 54-year-old Eberflus was let go as Bears coach in November, ending his time in Chicago with a combined record of 14-32.

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