According to Tom Pelissero, former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy has decided he’ll focus on the 2026 hiring cycle and will not coach next season. Earlier this week, it was reported the Saints were not as interested in McCarthy as things appeared earlier on.

FRISCO, Texas -- Mike McCarthy will not return as the Dallas Cowboys ' head coach in 2025, Jerry Jones announced Monday. McCarthy's contract with the Cowboys expired last Wednesday, but the team held an exclusive negotiating window with the coach until Tuesday at midnight.

Mike McCarthy has decided against coaching in 2025, removing himself as a candidate to fill the NFL’s last remaining head coaching vacancy with the New Orleans Saints

The Saints have a new top head coaching candidate in Kellen Moore after Mike McCarthy backed out of the running for the position. The New Orleans Saints are the final team in the NFL with a head coaching vacancy,

Mike McCarthy is no longer planning to coach this year, and Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore has emerged as a lead candidate for the Saints job, the last remaining head coach vacancy in the NFL.

Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, former Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has pulled himself out of the running for the New Orleans Saints head coaching position. This comes after there were reports surfaced that conversations weren’t going well between the Saints and McCarthy.

The New Orleans Saints won't be hiring Mike McCarthy as their next head coach. That decision was made for them on Tuesday night. McCarthy has dropped out of the race in New Orleans. The veteran coach will instead focus on the 2026 hiring cycle,

Former Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy will not be coaching in the NFL next season, opting to wait for the next coaching cycle. The post Ex-Cowboys Coach Mike McCarthy Makes Final Call on Future appeared first on Heavy Sports.