FRISCO, Texas -- After the Cowboys made the decision to promote offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to be the franchise's 10 th head coach, he made an emotional phone call to his mother, Pat, with a clear goal in mind.

"Mama, I'm going to get a chance to get what Daddy didn't get, a Super Bowl, if it kills me. And the first one will be for him."

It's not easy to follow in the footsteps of his legendary father Marty Schottenheimer, but instead of trying to be like his late dad, the younger Schottenheimer made a promise to himself when he took the job that he would heed some advice that Marty passed down to him: Don't change who you are.

"I will always be authentic," Schottenheimer said. "I'm never going to stand up here and pretend to be something I'm not. I think that's a reci

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