Michael Irvin bashes Dallas Cowboys for hiring from within, passing on Deion Sanders

Cowboys Hall of Famer Michael Irvin shared his thoughts on the team’s new head coach. And he wasn’t pleased on Saturday night. In an NSFW video he posted, Irvin let everyone know that he was disappointed with the hire of Brian Schottenheimer as the Dallas next head coach. “We lost an opportunity here,” Irvin said. “I was pushing for Deion Sanders to be the next head coach. And I still stand ten toes down on that push,” he said in an article written by ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio.

The Hall of Famer isn’t happy that Dallas will be sitting at home watching a couple of division rivals compete for a spot in this year’s Super Bowl.

“We have two NFC East teams in the NFC Championship game being played tomorrow,” Irvin said. “All eyes on them. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders. Our enemies on all fronts. . . And [in] a position that we haven’t held in 30 f***ing years.”

Michael Irvin has been outspoken about the Dallas position

Irvin, true to his form over the years, has been outspoken about the Cowboys job opening. He recently disagreed with Troy Aikman that the Dallas head coaching job wasn’t that coveted.

“I heard Troy’s comments, and you know, I love Troy to death,” Irvin said. “… How many coaches out there? 100,000? High school, [college, pros]. … There are only 32 jobs in the NFL. 32. Each one of them jobs going to pay you above $6 or $7 million a year. How do I fix this radio on my face to say something like what he said? I love him, but how do you fix the radio on your face to sing a song like it’s not a coveted job? It’s the Dallas Cowboys. There are only 32 of them in this whole wide world. There’s coaches all over the world if they know how to coach that probably wanna coach in the NFL,” Irvin continued.

On Friday, the Dallas Cowboys promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to head coach. The organization is giving Schottenheimer a four-year deal, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Schottenheimer will replace Mike McCarthy, who was the Cowboys’ head coach from 2020-24. The Cowboys officially parted ways with McCarthy on Jan. 13, after he failed to lead the team to the playoffs. During McCarthy’s four years at the helm of the organization, the Cowboys posted a 49-35 record and a 1-3 mark in the postseason.

On3’s Grant Grubbs also contributed to this article.