The Mike McCarthy era is underway in Dallas and the new Cowboys coach is already beginning to get his assistants put in place.
NFL Network reported late Monday the Cowboys will hire John ‘Bones’ Fassel as their special team’s coordinator. Fassel’s contract with the Rams was up at the end of this season.
The 45-year-old first worked as the special team’s coordinator for the Raiders from 2008 until 2011, then he joined the Rams in St. Louis for the 2012 season. Making the move with the franchise to LA, Fassel served as interim head coach at the end of the 2016 season before Sean McVay became the head coach leading into 2017.
Six of Fassel’s special team’s units since 2008 rank in the NFL’s top seven, including five of Fassel’s last seven seasons being in the top quarter of the league.
In 2016 and ’17, the Rams special teams units ranked No. 3 and No. 2 in the league, respectively.
Bones will no doubt be just what the Cowboys need as Dallas hasn’t had a special teams unit rank in the NFL’s Top 5 since 1998.
Fassel likes a good fake and coaches up units that know how to execute those, which is always fun, too.
