Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has long been considered a potential future head coach, and his name even surfaced during the team’s recent coaching search. However, Witten confirmed that team owner Jerry Jones never contacted him regarding the vacancy, which ultimately went to Brian Schottenheimer.
“I did not talk to Jerry about it,” Witten told All City DLLS on Wednesday. “I think they went through a thorough process for them and got to a place where they felt like Brian [Schottenheimer] was the guy. I never worked with Brian or any of that, but I’ll always pull for the Cowboys.”
While Witten remains focused on his current role as head coach at Liberty Christian School, where he has led the team to back-to-back Texas state championships, he didn’t hide his long-term aspirations.
“Of course, that’s a long-term goal of mine to one day get back there, when the right opportunity comes,” Witten said. “When that right time and the right opportunity comes, I’m excited to embark on that next chapter.”