Mike McCarthy Underwent A Surgery, What Happened To The Cowboys Coach?

Five days prior to the most important regular-season game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy underwent a successful operation on Wednesday, the team announced. McCarthy had been diagnosed with an acute case of appendicitis.

McCarthy felt pain in his abdomen on Wednesday morning before visiting the team’s physicians. After the operation, he is anticipated to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday and resume coaching on Sunday.

Though McCarthy is anticipated to be freed today, he may want a few days off before to rejoining the Cowboys coaching staff. Three Dallas coordinators will oversee the team’s practices until he gets back.

If McCarthy’s medical procedure proceeds as planned, he should be sidelined for the Cowboys’ game against the Eagles at AT&T Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 10.

McCarthy, who turned 60 this month, is in his fourth season as the Cowboys’ coach after serving as their play-caller in his first two years. Quinn anticipated McCarthy would be available for the game, so he didn’t want to discuss a backup play-calling strategy.

In the NFC East, the Cowboys (9-3) are behind the Eagles (10-2) by one game. Dallas enters the rematch riding a 14-game home winning run and has to win to keep realistic chances of unseating Philadelphia for the division title. In Philadelphia, the Eagles prevailed 28–23 in the first encounter.

What made Mike McCarthy a coach?

McCarthy began his coaching career at Fort Hays State in Kansas as a graduate assistant and linebackers coach, but his big break came in 1989 when he joined Pittsburgh as a volunteer graduate assistant.

Was Mike McCarthy the Super Bowl victor?

In addition to making four trips to the NFC Championship Game, winning six NFC North Division championships, and winning the Super Bowl XLV championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, after the 2010 NFL season, his teams have qualified for the postseason nine times.

What is the salary of Mike McCarthy?

Head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Mike McCarthy, is making a big difference in the NFL right now. In 2020, he signed a big deal with the Cowboys that would pay him an annual salary ranging from $4 million to $7 million for five years.

 

FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE- 

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Compares Himself To Henry Kissinger In Pat McAfee Interview