So now, as attention turns to the 2025 season under new head coach Brian Schottenheimer - who just to prove our point was a "hot'' candidate a decade ago but is now seen as an "uninspired'' one - the new staff is coming together. To wit ...

Polk has spent his entire 16-year coaching career as an assistant special teams coach. He now becomes one of the latest hirings on Schottenheimer's new-look staff, alongside recent hires such as receivers coach Junior Adams, offensive line coach Conor Riley, running backs coach Derrick Foster, and many others.

The Cowboys are expected to add former Bills OC Ken Dorsey to their coaching staff in the near future, per Mike Garofalo and Ian Rapoport.

Carlos Polk has been a special teams assistant with 5 NFL teams, including once in Dallas, He’ll serve under Nick Sorensen for the 2nd time.

Polk should be a well-known name for Cowboys fans. He played for the Cowboys in 2008. The former linebacker was also in Dallas as an assistant special teams coach in 2019. Polk re

The Dallas Cowboys have their new head coach in place in Brian Schottenheimer. It'll take time to evaluate if the controversial hire will yield results for Jerry Jones and company but right now, the most important thing is what his staff looks like by the end of the process.