Dallas has added another name to its reshuffled coaching staff.
The Cowboys are hiring Cardinals offensive line coach Klayton Adams as their next offensive coordinator, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo reported Friday.
Adams' hiring comes the same day he met with the team for a second interview, with Dallas not willing to let its top candidate leave the building without a contract.
He will both fill the shoes and work under head coach Brian Schottenheimer, who was promoted from the OC job on Jan. 24.
Adams, 41, makes the jump to coordinator following two seasons leading the O-line in Arizona.
He served on the Indianapolis Colts' coaching staff prior to that stop, initially as assistant offensive line coach from 2019-2020 and then as the tight ends coach from 2021-22. The bulk of Adams' coaching history took place in college, where in 13 years he maneuvered his was up from a graduate assistant at Boise State in 2005 to the Colorado's co-offensive coordinator and OL coach in 2018.
He'll play a pivotal role now in Dallas alongside Schottenheimer to help revive an offensive unit that finished fourth or better in each of its previous three campaigns before plummeting to 21st in 2024. A degree of those struggles stemmed from quarterback Dak Prescott's season-ending injury in Week 9, but even before then the Cowboys' operation looked uncharacteristically sluggish and received minimal help on the ground.
Notable for Prescott's continued health once he returns, Adams' offensive line gave up just 30 sacks this season for the Cardinals, fifth-fewest in the NFL.
Cowboys fans looking for a bigger splash might not be familiar with a coach whose largely earned his way focused on the trenches, but Dallas nonetheless feels its putting the right pieces in place to return to contention.