Dak Prescott agrees with fans and media about what makes Brian Schottenheimer a promising Dallas Cowboys head coach

“Something else I admire is the way that he went on with the interviewing process,” Prescott told reporters in his first media availability since the Schottenheimer hire. “When you’ve been an assistant for 25 to 30 years, I know there’s a quarterback coach, a receiver coach, a defensive coordinator, and a safety that you can call up without them thinking twice, and they’re going to come work for you. But for him to go through the due diligence of getting the guys in, interviewing them, and then taking it amongst the other guys that are there and making final decisions, I think speaks highly of his approach and the way that he’s going to take care of things.”

Prescott hit the nail in the head: Schottenheimer is showing he’s willing to truly gather football insight from coaches with different profiles. He added Adams, two college football collegiate coaches in Junior Adams (WR) and Conor Riley (OL) while also keeping Lunda Wells (TE) and promoting Steve Shimko to QB coach.

He’ll call the plays but he’ll surround himself of people with varying views to complement his ideas. On paper, it’s a great staff. Now it’s a matter of properly utilizing those points of view, a challenge for a head coach that will also be in charge of calling plays.

“Super excited for him, this opportunity,” Prescott said. “Obviously, I’ve worked with him for the last couple of years, understanding the type of coach he is, the type of man he is, the way that he approaches the game. I think the best way to exemplify that is he’s the son of a legendary football coach—he’s not going to take anything about this game lightly.”

Despite being a first-time head coach, Prescott isn’t expecting Schottenheimer to take it easy on the team.

“He enjoys the work in it, kind of old-fashioned. I’m looking forward to the grind and some things that we’re going to do and he’s going to add. Excited for him. I know he’s ready for it.”