Cowboys Should Hire Aden Durde and Raise Harold Nash

The Cowboys continue to make changes to their coaching staff just a year after hiring Mike McCarthy as their head coach.

After sacking Jim Tomsula, the Cowboys are expected to hire Aden Durde as a defensive line coach, reports Nick Eatman of the team’s website. Durde spent three seasons in Atlanta with new Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn.

Durde, who was part of the Cowboys Minority Scholarship program in 2014-15, coached Atlanta outside linebackers last season.

The Cowboys hired Joe Whitt Jr. as a secondary coach last week. He replaces Maurice Linguist, who has found a new job as defensive co-coordinator at the University of Michigan.

Changes were expected after Dallas set a franchise record allowing 473 points last season. The Cowboys moved on from defensive coordinator Mike Nolan immediately after the end of the season.

The Cowboys are also expected to raise Harold Nash Jr. to the position of head strength and conditioning coach, according to Eatman.

Nash oversaw the post after Markus Paul’s unexpected death on the team’s Thanksgiving game week.

Nash has 16 years of experience in the NFL, including seven years as the head coach of the force. He held this position in New England from 2011 to 2015, then in Detroit from 2016 to 2018.