Like Jimmy Johnson did upon his arrival at Valley Ranch in 1989, new Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer is giving the locker room an extreme makeover.

Despite that, Schottenheimer is an experienced coach. He is just 51 years old but as the son of former head coach Marty Schottenheimer, who was a head coach in the NFL for 21 seasons, he was given opportunities to get into the sport early. Brian Schottenheimer was an assistant with the Rams as far back as 1997, when he was just 24.

FRISCO — This weekend, Brian Schottenheimer pulled back the curtain on how he’s approaching his first year as head coach of the Cowboys with the 2025 rookie class in attendance. It’s about establishing relationships, exerting energy in all areas and making subtle changes to how things operate.