Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Credits Experimental Drug

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones received his cancer diagnosis in 2010, but recently revealed he was treated for advanced melanoma. Jones disclosed the information in a documentary series, “America’s Team: The Gambler…

Sandra RhodesAug 14, 20252 min read

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Brian Schottenheimer, the new Cowboys coach, said Jones’ Cancer battle was an “amazing story.”

“I’m glad that Jerry shared it, just because I think it gives people hope,” Schottenheimer said. “It gives people the strength to say … ‘Hey, you can beat this.’”

Schottenheimer, 51, has battled Cancer himself. He underwent surgery for thyroid Cancer in 2003.

Dan Snyder, who was the Washington Commanders owner at that time, arranged Schottenheimer’s treatment. He had fired his father, Marty Schottenheimer, as coach two years earlier.

Brian Schottenheimer was Washington’s quarterbacks coach during the 2001 season. That was the same year Snyder was treated for thyroid Cancer.

“It doesn’t discriminate against anybody,” Schottenheimer said. “And mine was certainly less serious, but I was 28 when I was diagnosed with thyroid Cancer. Nothing like Stage 4, nothing like what Jerry and other people have to go through. But you hear that word ‘Cancer,’ and it scares the hell out of you.”