For the Dallas Cowboys, it’s Brian Schottenheimer time. Could it have been Prime Time instead? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed Monday that, yes, he and Pro Football Hall of Famer/Colorado head coach Deion Sanders spoke before the team eventually hired Schottenheimer as the 10th head coach in franchise history.

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As part of the search for the franchise's next head coach, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in a move that immediately vaulted the team to the top of the sports news cycle, interviewed Pro Football Hall of Famer and current Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders for the vacancy.

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

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.

The Dallas Cowboys are going with an in-house option for their next head coach.Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and the Cowboys have agreed to a deal to make him Dallas' next head coach, ESPN reported Thursday.

Reports: Deion Sanders has talked to owner Jerry Jones about Dallas Cowboys coaching job. Sanders helped the Cowboys to Super Bowl win in 1995 season.

Unlike NFL teams that have to follow protocols to interview current NFL coaches, there is no such red tape to navigate when a franchise wants to chat with a college coach. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones could have Deion over to The Star, or a Starbucks, and that’s an interview.

After weeks of speculation and prognostication, Deion Sanders was not hired to be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. The former Jackson State and current Colorado head coach would have become the first-ever former HBCU coach to take over an NFL franchise.