Cowboys hiring Derrick Foster to coach running backs
The Dallas Cowboys have been filling out their coaching staff under new head coach Brian Schottenheimer. The defensive side of the ball came together pretty quickly, but the offensive side has been at a more deliberate pace. Klayton Adams coming on as offensive coordinator was an important hire. Both Adams and Schottenheimer are big proponents of the run game, so the running backs coach is an important hire for 2025.
The Cowboys have settled on Derrick Foster.
The Dallas Cowboys are hiring Derrick Foster as their new RBs coach, multiple sources tell @startelegram.
Foster, 38, served the same role for the New Orleans Saints in 2024 and for the Los Angeles Chargers from 2021-2023, overseeing Austin Ekeler’s rise.
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Foster is a veteran NFL position coach. He worked his way up through the college ranks, capitalizing on a successful turn at Iowa to jump to the NFL. He landed with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2021 and stayed until they recently cleaned house in 2023. He spent last year with the New Orleans Saints, another team that is cleaning house this season.
Foster will need some talent to work with as the Cowboys only real running back under contract for 2025 is Deuce Vaughn. Rico Dowdle is a free agent so it is possible he returns. But the draft is loaded with quality backs this year and Dallas is expected to dip into that pool.
