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:

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

After five seasons as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Mike McCarthy was shown the door on Jan. 13 to the surprise of many. After not allowing the Chicago Bears to speak with McCarthy during their head coaching search,

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.

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,

"They’re all in play, and Mike McCarthy is in play,'' Schefter insisted of the man who has a 174-112-2 record with three straight playoff years in Dallas ...

The Mike McCarthy era is over in Dallas. McCarthy will not return as the Cowboys HC for the 2025 season as the two sides could not come to terms on an agreement on the length of a new contract, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Monday.