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.

Despite being a prominent figure in NFL history and a former Dallas Cowboys star, Deion Sanders was never a serious candidate for the team’s head coaching job following their split with Mike McCarthy.

Since the Dallas Cowboys head coach vacancy became known, Deion Sanders' name immediately began to gain momentum as a natural candidate, despite the fact that he repeatedly said th

Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys are looking for their next coach. The biggest name in that search so far has been Deion Sanders, the Colorado Buffaloes coach who won a Super Bowl in Dallas back during his legendary playing days.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently called Sanders to affirm the seriousness of their intention. Sanders described their conversation as "delightful" and "intriguing," according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Deion Sanders, affectionately known as Coach Prime, is generating buzz as a potential candidate to coach the Dallas Cowboys. While fans debate whether he should leave the Colorado

After the Cowboys parted ways with former head coach Mike McCarthy, Sanders was a name that was linked to the role, but he was never formally interviewed. Schottenheimer, who along with Robert Saleh and Kellen Moore, was the only other name on the short list of candidates and he was offered 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.