The Dolphins search for a new head coach has come to an end. Miami named Packers Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as the 12th full time head coach in franchise history.

The Dolphins agreed to terms with Hafley after their second interview. Hafley was also a candidate for the Titans and Raiders head coach opening, so the Dolphins moved quickly after the interview. He obviously knows new GM Sullivan from their time in Green Bay. The Dolphins went again for a first time head coach naming the Packers coordinator. Hafley did spend 4 years as a Head coach in the college level coaching Boston College between 2020 and 2023. The Dolphins went for a defensive coach after an offensive one (McDaniel). Hafley has experience coaching secondaries in a few NFL teams before becoming the head coach at Boston College. He then came back to the NFL and spent 2 years as the Packer defensive coordinator. His first task is to put together a staff.

The Dolphins search for a new GM is over.

The Dolphins have decided to name Jon-Eric Sullivan as the Dolphins next GM replacing the now departed Chris Grier.
Sullivan has been with the Green bay Packers organization for more than 20 years and moved from the bottom up to number 2 in the Packers front office and now he gets to run his own show.
First thing is finding a new head coach. The seasrch is probably already in place to find the next coach. Sullivan is the son of 2004 Dolphins WR coach Jerry Sullivan. He played some WR and CB and went undrafted before joining the Packers front office and climbing through the ranks up to the VP personnel for the Packers. The Dolphins initially had 8 candidates, they narrowed the search to the top 4 and then owner Stephen Ross decided on the candidate.

Long overdue.

Dolphins legendary LB Zach Thomas was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The 7 time probowl (when probowl was a real thing) and 5 TIME FIRST TEAM ALL PRO, the heart and soul of Miami's defense in the late 90s and early 2000s was elected after waiting 10 years and making the final round 4 times.
Zach was the heart of the defense playing inside LB for 12 years begining in 1996. He was drafted as an undersized 5th round LB by Jimmy Johnson and he made his mark right from day one. He was so good coach Johnson waived free agent LB Jack Del Rio and Thomas would go on to start from day one. He earned AFC defensive rookie of the year in his rookie season and led a defense that was always ranked very high. He finished his carrer with a mind blowing 1734 tackles. So deserving to get into the Hall, Thomas finally made it, he will be enshrined in Canton as a member of the Dolphins this August.

The Miami Dolphins have hired San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel as their new coach, making him the 11th full time and 14th overall coach. McDaniel had worked under 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan for the past 11 seasons and gets his first shot as a head coach after one year as offensive coordinator and 3 years as run game coordinator. McDaniel was credited for his role in developing San Francisco's creative running game and could help the development of WR Jaylen Waddle. The Dolphins struggled offensively this season despite finishing 9-8 and that is probably why they were looking for an offensive minded coach. The Yale-educated McDaniel got his coaching start on Mike Shanahan's staff in Denver in 2005. He worked as an assistant in Houston, Washington, Cleveland and Atlanta. McDaniel then joined Shanahan's staff in San Francisco run game coordinator and took over the offensive coordinator role in 2021.

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has decided to fire Head Coach Brian Flores despite the 2021 turn around and the fact he delivered 2 consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 2003. In a shocking turn of events Ross decided to fire Flores and somehow retain GM Chris Grier despite the awful but highly invensted O-line and running game. Ross talked about collaboration within the organization and not actual coaching. Flores is a very good coach and he will probably land another head coaching position, maybe even this year. The team did have 3 O-coordinators in 3 years and 2 D-coordinators in Flores' tenure as coach. The possible replacements don't seem better than Flores which makes this decision even more surprising. Ross also said it has nothing to do with Tua and the next coach will decide on the next QB. The Dolphins now begin a search for the 14th coach in Dolphins history.

The Miami Dolphins decided to hire Patriots LB and defensive play caller Brian Flores to lead the Dolphins rebuild as the team's 10th full time and 13th head coach. Flores spent his entire career in New England starting out as a scout in 2004, then an assitant coach on the offensive side an d special teams. He then moved to the defensive side of the ball coaching in the secondary and linebackers. He was the de-facto defensive coordinator in 2018 and led the Patriots defense to the 7th overall ranking in points allowed in 2018. Almost all of the assistant coaches will change in 2019, a rebuild year. The Dolphins hired former Lions and Colts head coach Jim Caldwell as assistant head coach. The Dolphins are expected to have two young first time coordinators in Chad O'shea (offense) and Patrick Graham (defense). O'shea coached the Patriots wide receivers and Graham was the Green bay linebackers coach (before that he coached at New England). Danny Crossman will be the special teams coordinator. Former Dolphins coach Adam Gase is now the head coach of the NT Jets.

The Miami Dolphins decided to hire Broncos and Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase as the team's next head Coach. Gase becomes the 12 th head coach in team history and the 9th full time head coach. Gase served as the Bears offensive coordinator last year after spending 2013-2014 in the same position in Denver. He is 37 years old becoming the youngest head coach in the leagur and the youngest in Dolphins history (Shula was 40 when he was hired in Miami after serving 7 years as the Colts head coach). Gase was a hot candidate although he has never been a head coach in any level.

Gase is expected to call plays depending on who he names as offensive coordiantor. The Dolphins have hired Bengals secondary coach Vance Joseph as the team's next defensive coordinator. Special team coordinator Darren Rizi is expected to stay although no official word is out yet. Former Dolphins coach Joe Philbin will be offensive line coach in Indianapolis and Dan Campbell is expected to join the Saints staff.

The Miami Dolphins decided to fire head Coach Joe Philbin, the 10th coach in franchise history after yet another loss, this time to the New York Jets. The Dolphins named tight ends coach Dan Campbell the interim head coach and he is going to be the 11th coach in Frnachise history to lead the Dolphins in two weeks time against the Titans. AS for more changes to the coordinator positions that has not been determined yet. The Dolphins are playing poorly on both offense and defense and that's why Campbell was named interim head coach and not one of the coordinators. Campbell, a former TE, is 39 and the youngest active head coach in the NFL.

Campbell is in his 6th year with the Dolphins first hired during the Sparano coaching staff. He stayed when Philbin arrived and is considered one of the good young coaches on the team. He plyed for 11 years with the Giants, Cowboys, Lions and Saints finishing with 91 catches for 934 yards and 11 TDs. He also won a superbowl ring while on the Saints injured reserve list.