Marty Schottenheimer was a head coach for 21 years. He never won a Super Bowl before retiring after the 2006 season.
His son, second-year Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer, has a chance to get what his father never could.
“It’s always something I’ve always dreamed of, you know,” Schottenheimer said recently on “The Twins Take Podcast.” “I want to win a Super Bowl. I don’t want to win it for me.”
The elder Schottenheimer died in 2021.
His teams went to the playoffs 13 times, but the only time he reached the conference championship game, in 1993, his Chiefs were blown out by the Bills for the AFC title.
“I’ve said this from the very beginning: When we get our Super Bowl rings, I’ll be getting an extra one for my dad,” Schottenheimer said.
The Cowboys have not reached the NFC Championship Game since 1995, which was their last of five Super Bowls. Schottenheimer is the seventh coach since Barry Switzer, the team’s coach from 1994-97.
“I want to win it for the people under my leadership,” Schotenheimer said. “I want to win it for Dak Prescott. I want to win it for CeeDee Lamb and Quinnen Williams, for your players that put in so much, you know, hard work and the sacrifice that goes into what we do. You know, from us as a coaching staff, it’s the hours; it’s the mental strain of game planning. But for the players, they put their bodies on the line.
“I make no qualms that that’s the goal. The Super Bowl next year is Feb. 14th, 2027. We plan on being there.”
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