Mike McCord is now in his 37th season with the Cowboys, his 34th in the equipment department and his 32nd heading up the department.
In 2023 McCord and his staff were named the 2023 NFC Equipment Team of the Year by New Era, rewarding the diligent and detail oriented work of the staff throughout the year.
McCord originally joined the Cowboys in 1989 as the assistant ticket manager, spending two years in that capacity before moving to the football operations department in 1991. Before coming to Dallas, McCord spent two-and-a-half years with the University of Texas athletic department, one-and-a-half years as a part-time student assistant before receiving his B.B.A. in marketing and then one year as a full-time intern for the Longhorns.
A native of Clovis, N.M., McCord graduated from Roosevelt High School in San Antonio, Texas, and spent two years attending Southwest Texas State before transferring to the University of Texas. He and his wife, Jan, live in Flower Mound, Texas, with their daughter, Megan, and son, Brock.