During the 2019 coaching cycle, the Jets interviewed McCarthy for the head coaching position. Ultimately they hired Adam Gase instead and he ended up being one of the worst coaches in franchise history. McCarthy is an experienced NFL head coach. He has a 174-112-2 record in his 18 seasons running a program.

Whatever McCarthy’s next career move is, he’s not expected to head toward the New York Jets. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints are expected to pursue McCarthy. The Jets were not listed as one of the teams interested in McCarthy at the early stages of of his availability:

The New York Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh after Week 5 this season. They were a disaster under interim coach Jeff Ulbrich and have opened up the job to plenty of candidates. Meanwhile, the Cowboys have moved on from Mike McCarthy after four seasons ...

Only Woody Johnson is desperate enough to hire Mike McCarthy to salvage the failed Aaron Rodgers era in New York.

As of now, McCarthy — a strong candidate for the Chicago Bears job, where there's an established QB in place — is not on New York's radar, from the looks of it. FWIW: I would not expect the Jets to pursue Mike McCarthy. — Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt ...

When one job closes another one opens. At least that how it is going in the coaching carrousel this year in the NFL. Just when the Jets thought they were competing with only five other teams for head coaching candidates,

The relationship between New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and his former head coach Mike McCarthy was once thought to be irreparable. Now, those old thoughts appear to be nothing more than the perspective of outside noise and not the reality of what either side dealt with.

Mike McCarthy and the Cowboys parted ways on Monday, and he is now searching for a new job. Perhaps he would fit in well in New York with Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams. However, who even knows if those two will still be with the Jets next year.

Mike Vrabel interviewed with the Jets, but there was another team also looming to pursue him before the Patriots hired him.

The New York Jets might be ready to give a gift basket over to the Dallas Cowboys for potentially hand-delivering their top coaching choice to them. With the Cowboys announcing their parting of ways with head coach Mike McCarthy, the Super Bowl -winning coach is on the open market once again.

The Dallas Cowboys reportedly have their eyes set on former New York Jets head coach Robert ... mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy on Monday after his contract with the ...

Most notably, former Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is in the midst of scheduling an in-person interview with the Saints, according to Nick Underhill. The former Super Bowl champion interviewed with the Bears before they settled on Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson,