DALLAS >> Mike McCarthy is not returning as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who are going on three decades since their last Super Bowl title, owner Jerry Jones said in a statement Monday.

Jones said the organization and McCarthy mutually agreed to part ways. The team’s search for its next coach begins immediately, he says.

“I have great respect for Mike, and he has led the team through some very unique and challenging times during his tenure,” Jones said.

McCarthy’s contract expired following a 7-10 season. Dallas was 12-5 each of the three years before that under him, but still hasn’t been past the divisional round of the NFC playoffs since its last Super Bowl at the end of the 1995 season.

McCarthy’s contract expired Jan. 8 and the Cowboys have an exclusive negotiation window through Tuesday, but the parties decided to split ahead of the deadline.

At least one other NFL team asked during that time about talking to the 61-year-old coach who won a Super Bowl with Green Bay.

Next season will be the 30th for the Cowboys since winning the last of their five Super Bowl titles.

Before taking the Dallas job after a full season out of coaching, McCarthy was with the Packers for 13 seasons and had a 125-77-2 record from 2006-18. He was 10-8 in the playoffs and led Green Bay to a Super Bowl title at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Cowboys, 14 years ago.

There were also three other NFC championship games for McCarthy in Green Bay, and that is what Jones envisioned — and more — when he hired the coach in 2020 after Jason Garrett never got that far in his 10 years.

McCarthy finished with a 50-38 record in Dallas, including a 1-3 mark in the playoffs. That included last season, when the Cowboys were NFC East champions and had won 16 consecutive home games before trailing by 32 points in the fourth quarter of a 48-32 wild-card loss to the seventh-seeded Packers.

Raiders look for coach >> The Las Vegas Raiders have requested to interview Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph for their head coaching position.

He is the seventh known candidate for the position after Antonio Pierce was fired last week.

The Raiders have scheduled or conducted interviews with former Seattle Seahawks and Southern California coach Pete Carroll, Detroit Lions coordinators Aaron Glenn on defense and Ben Johnson on offense, former New York Jets coach Robert Saleh and Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.

Las Vegas also has requested an interview with Baltimore offensive coordinator Todd Monken. The Ravens beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card playoffs Saturday, so that interview would be on hold if it’s granted.

The Raiders also have an opening at general manager after Tom Telesco was let go last week, but the club has not apparently requested any interviews. It’s possible the Raiders are waiting to see if coaching candidates have anyone in mind that could work as a package deal.

Joseph was the Broncos head coach in 2017-18, going 11-21. Joseph then became the Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator for four seasons before returning to Denver for the same role. The Broncos were third in points allowed (18.3) and seventh in yardage given up (317.1) this season.

titans interview gm candidates >> The Tennessee Titans wrapped up the first round of their search for a new general manager with Green Bay Packers executive Jon-Eric Sullivan the 10th candidate interviewed.

The Titans’ next round of interviews will take place “in the coming days” as they replace Ran Carthon, who was fired last week after the franchise went 9-25 in his two seasons as general manager.

Chad Brinker, the team’s president of football operations, is overseeing the search that started Friday with a trio of interviews with four more Saturday, two on Sunday and Sullivan the 10th overall on Monday.

Sullivan is vice president of player personnel for the Packers, a job he was promoted to in 2022 after four seasons as co-director of player personnel. He was director of college scouting in 2016-17. The son of longtime NFL and college coach Jerry Sullivan started as Green Bay’s national football scouting rep in 2004 after interning with the team during the Packers’ 2003 training camp.

Brinker started in the NFL with Green Bay as a scouting assistant spending 13 seasons there before Tennessee hired him in February 2023. He was promoted to his current title last offseason.

Before leaving the Packers, Brinker ran their pro personnel department as executive of personnel/football administration, including preparing for free agency and finding undrafted free agents. His job also included analyzing other NFL rosters.

He also worked with both the general manager and director of football operations on long-range player contracts managing the salary cap.

Tennessee started interviews Friday with two former general managers among the trio interviewed including Reggie McKenzie and Thomas Dimitroff.

Jets talk to Ulbrich >> The New York Jets interviewed interim coach Jeff Ulbrich for their head coach vacancy.

Ulbrich, the team’s defensive coordinator the past four seasons, went 3-9 after replacing the fired Robert Saleh on Oct. 8.

The 47-year-old Ulbrich is the ninth known candidate to talk to the Jets about their coaching job. New York has also interviewed Darren Rizzi, Steve Spagnuolo, Mike Locksley, Mike Vrabel, Ron Rivera, Rex Ryan, Matt Nagy and Aaron Glenn for the position.

The Jets are also conducting interviews for their general manager spot, with the team already having spoken to 13 people for that position.