News: Cowboys veteran TE coach Mike Pope retires, Steve Loney takes spot

[CCBoy]

Cowboys veteran TE coach Mike Pope retires, Steve Loney takes spot


In a move that was long expected, Dallas Cowboys veteran tight end coach Mike Pope has retired and will be placed by senior offensive assistant Steve Loney.

Pope, who turns 75 this month, has been with the Cowboys the past three years, but he has coached in the NFL for the past 34 years. He was with the New York Giants for 14 seasons before joining the Cowboys.

Loney has spent the bulk of his coaching career with the offensive line. He hasn't coached tight ends since college. He had a brief internship for his current role during the Senior Bowl last year when the Cowboys staff coached the North Team...


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[Doc50]

I guess Witten doesn't need a coach, but Swaim and Gathers surely do.

Pope was a guru. There's no way Loney can be as influential in the receiving aspects of TE coaching; he's been an OL coach his entire career since 1975, except for brief stints as HC at Morehead and Drake and one HS.

He is a seasoned and respected OL guy, though; been in the NFL since 2002, with Vikings, Rams, Cards, and TB, before joining the Dallas in 2015.

Maybe our TE's will also routinely get some time with the receivers' coaches.

 

[ShiningStar]

Will he be missed? I dont remember our TE corp being, well much of anything. Witten is a hall of famer, and the others, but i havent see another useful TE under him. What am i missing here?

 

[DeaconMoss]

Maybe we will now run 6 yard routes when we need 5 instead of 4 yard routes