Emmitt Smith says that he wanted to see the Dallas Cowboys bring in Deion Sanders to be their next head coach.

Jerry Jones and the Cowboys were blindsided by Mike McCarthy's decision to leave the head coach position, per a report.

Though it dominated the news cycle for quite some time after they split with Mike McCarthy, Deion Sanders was never actually a serious candidate for the Dallas Cowboys job.

The Dallas Cowboys are officially in search of a new head coach following their decision to part ways with Mike McCarthy earlier this week

There was a lot of pushback when news surfaced Sanders was being talked to… that may have overlooked many reasons it could actually work.

The Dallas Cowboys coaching search to find Mike McCarthy's successor after the team parted ways with him after five seasons is heating up, and it will be wide-ranging.  Dallas completed an interview Friday with Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore,

Sanders, the former Cowboy and current Colorado Buffaloes head coach, has been adamant about his plan to stay in Boulder and at the collegiate level. He reinforced that plan Monday night through a statement via ESPN's Adam Schefter, although Sanders admitted he was humbled by Jerry Jones's interest.

Sanders confirmed that he spoke with Jones last week after reports surfaced connecting him to the Cowboys job.

I’m not giving up my fight. You’re gonna ride by here again in another year or two if this thing don’t work out again, and my song will still be singing like a young Diana Ross: Deion! All the way.'' - Michael Irvin on the Cowboys not hiring coach Sanders.

On Monday, the Cowboys officially welcomed Brian Schottenheimer as the 10th head coach in franchise history after parting ways with Mike McCarthy. It

Here inside The Star, Cowboys owners Jerry and Stephen Jones are asked separately (after the on-camera press conference introducing Brian Schottenheimer) about the legitimacy of Deion Sanders' coach candidacy.

If Irvin had been in charge of hiring a new head coach, he would have swung for the fences and gone all out for Colorado head coach Deion Sanders. Sanders and the Cowboys reportedly had mutual interest in one another, but ultimately Dallas went with their offensive coordinator.