The Dallas Cowboys are officially in the head coaching market, and they would be wise to look at Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian as their next leading man.

Add the challenges that already existed in coaching college football, and it’s a lot.

Following the Dallas Cowboys' decision to move on from Mike McCarthy as head coach, multiple media members have brought up Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian as a potential candidate for America's Team.

Steve Sarkisian and Texas have agreed to an extension ... and they've done so after the Longhorns head coach allegedly declined two NFL interviews. ... all of which ends Cowboys rumors.

Mike Fisher - as a newspaper beat writer and columnist and on radio and TV, where he is an Emmy winner - has covered the NFL since 1983 and the Dallas Cowboys since 1990, is the author of two best-selling books on the Cowboys.

Getty Image By waiting to officially part ways with former head coach Mike McCarthy, the Dallas Cowboys placed themselves behind the eight ball

As head coaching rumors intensify, NFL insiders hint at a surprising potential candidate from the college ranks, with speculation swirling around Steve Sarkisian’s future.

During a lull in the Cotton Bowl action, cameras zoomed around the stadium finding multiple big-name stars among the crowd. Then, cameras found Jerry Jones. The boos that rained down were incredible.

A national report says the Cowboys could lure Sark from Texas … Unless they can’t. What is it we are doing here?

Steve Sarkisian has been able to transform the Texas Longhorns in the four seasons he has been with the program.

With options thin on both sides, could Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys decide to run it back for the 2025 season?

While Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has already turned down any potential leap to the NFL. The threat of the NFL looking to the Longhorns' staff for potentia