Miami Dolphins head coach tracker: Joe Brady set for interview, Falcons hire Stefanski

NFL rules restrict coaches under contract with a team from having an in-person interview with another team to fill a vacancy until January 19. The Miami Dolphins have been patient, conducting virtual interviews over the past week as they waited for the restriction to be lifted on Monday, and they are now set to have a busy day with multiple interviews as soon as permitted. According to multiple reports, Miami has three interviews scheduled tomorrow.

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Dolphins are set to meet with Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard on Monday morning. Sheppard, a former NFL linebacker, retired from playing the game in 2018 after an eight-year career including two seasons with the Dolphins, and moved into coaching in 2021 as the Lions’ outside linebackers coach. He moved up to the linebackers coach in 2022 and assumed the defensive coordinator position this year.

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The Miami Dolphins are set to hold at least one virtual head coaching interview on Sunday, meeting with Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady. They are also preparing their schedule for in-person interviews next week, moving into the second round of talks with potential hires. They lost one available candidate on Saturday, however, as the Atlanta Falcons announced they were hiring Kevin Stefanski to fill their head coaching vacancy.

Stefanski interviewed with Miami last Wednesday. The Cleveland Browns head coach was fired after the season and was therefore free to interview in person and sign with another team. Under NFL rules, coaches who are still under contract with a team cannot conduct in-person visits until January 19. Coaches of playoff teams cannot conduct in-person interviews until their team is eliminated or during the bye week before the Super Bowl.

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The Miami Dolphins are working their schedule for next week once the NFL’s rules allow in-person interviews starting Monday. They are not complete with their virtual meetings, however, as a report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero indicated on Saturday morning. Appearing on NFL Gameday Morning, Pelissero updated the Dolphins head coaching search, listing Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as the “frontrunner” for the role. While focusing on Hafley in the segment, Pelissero added that the Dolphins will hold a virtual interview on Sunday with Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady.

Brady took over as the Bills’ interim offensive coordinator during the 2023 season, replacing Ken Dorsey when he was fired after a 5-5 start to the year. He dropped the interim title heading into 2024 season and has held the position since. Prior to assuming that role, he was the Bills quarterbacks coach starting in 2022.

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The Miami Dolphins may have an early favorite to fill their vacant head coaching position. While the team is still scheduling virtual and in-person interviews for this weekend and into next week, it is beginning to sound like Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley has an early lead in landing the job.

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the first round of virtual interviews appears to have pushed Hafley into the favored position. “Sources say Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley has emerged as a frontrunner for the Dolphins head coaching job,” Pelissero said on an appearance on NFL GameDay Morning on Sunday. “No final decisions have yet been made, they have an interview scheduled on Sunday with Bills [offensive coordinator] Joe Brady, [and] multiple in-person interviews scheduled as well this coming week. But I’m told Hafley blew everyone away in his initial, vitrual interview with the Dolphins. He worked with their new [general manager] Jon-Eric Sullivan in Green Bay, has head coaching experience at Boston College. At this point, Hafley appears to be the leading candidate in Miami.”

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The Miami Dolphins are working out their schedule for in-person interviews with head coaching candidates when the league rules permit them to start on Monday. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley will be one of the candidates to head to Miami early in the week.

Hafley, the former Boston College head coach, joined the Dolphins in a virtual interview on January 14. He has interviewed with at least six of the nine teams with head coaching vacancies, including a scheduled interview on Saturday with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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The Miami Dolphins will conduct a virtual interview with Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula on Friday. The move would make him the sixth candidate to interview with the team, though only former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski has had an in-person interview.

Under NFL rules, coaches under contract with a team may not visit new teams for in-person discussions until January 19 or until their team is out of the playoffs. The Los Angeles Rams play the Chicago Bears on Sunday in the divisional round, with the winner advancing to the NFC Championship game on January 25.

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The Miami Dolphins continue their search for a new head coach with two scheduled virtual interviews. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Miami will interview Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter and San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh on Thursday. Both candidates were identified earlier in the week as the team made requests for the interviews.

Under NFL rules, no in-person interviews are authorized for coaches under contract with another team until January 19. Coaches on playoff teams cannot conduct an in-person interview until their team is either eliminated from the playoffs or during the bye week before the Super Bowl if the team advances that far. A coach interviewed during the Super Bowl bye week has to have already completed a virtual interview before that point.

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The Miami Dolphins are looking to one of their AFC East division rivals with the newest name added to their 2026 head coaching search. According to the Palm Beach Post’s Hal Habib, Miami has requested an interview with Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady. The request comes on a busy day in Miami, with the team completing interviews with former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and requesting interviews with Brady and Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile.

Brady is from Pembroke Pines, Florida, about 15 miles from the Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium. During his career, he has worked at his alma mater William & Mary, Penn State, and LSU at the collegiate level. In the NFL, he spent time two years with the New Orleans Saints between the Penn State and LSU positions. IN 2020, he was hired by the Carolina Panthers as their offensive coordinator. In 2022, he joined the Bills as their quarterbacks coach before serving as the interim offensive coordinator during the 2023 season when Ken Dorsey was fired. He was then hired as the full-time offensive coordinator for the 2024 season.

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The Miami Dolphins have added a tenth name to their head coaching search on Wednesday as the team requested an interview with Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile. The Dolphins are searching for a new head coach after firing Mike McDaniel from the position last week. The team has attacked their head coaching search with vigor following the Friday hiring of Jon-Eric Sullivan as the team’s new general manager.

Campanile just completed his first year as a defensive coordinator as the Jaguars lost to the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs. He spent 2024 with the Green Bay Packers as their linebackers coach and run game coordinator.

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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is stepping down from the Steelers organization, as per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Tomlin is believed to be making the decision on his own accord, meaning he was not fired from the team, but rather chose to leave. This season was Tomlin’s 19th season in charge, as he led the Steelers to a 10-7 regular season record. The Steelers lost in the Wild Card round of the playoffs last night to the Houston Texans, and Tomlin has now stepped down a day later.

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The Miami Dolphins are well into their search for a new head coach as the calendar moves into the second week since the 2025 NFL regular season ended. The Dolphins used the first week to find their new general manager, Jon-Eric Sullivan, and then spent time over the weekend aligning their interview plans as the search for Mike McDaniel’s replacement. They held their first interview, a virtual meeting with Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak on Saturday, meeting the requirement to hold an in-person interview before the Super Bowl should Seattle continue in the playoffs.

On Tuesday, the Dolphins will hold their first reported in-person interview. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport are reporting Miami is set to meet with former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski today. Stefanski has previously interviewed with the Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons, and Baltimore Ravens.

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The Miami Dolphins continue to add names to their head coaching interview request list — with Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter being the latest candidate for the job per sources.

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The Miami Dolphins are going into the offseason with a clean slate after hiring their new general manager, Jon-Eric Sullivan. Last week at this time, Mike McDaniel looked like he would be back as the Dolphins head coach but Stephen Ross decided he needed a fresh start with a new GM and head coach. With Sullivan in place, the Dolphins are now looking for their new coach and Ross should be looking for a candidate that can change the culture in Miami. McDaniel was a great offensive schemer, but the culture in the locker room needed some work.

You can check out that story here, and the rest of the day’s round-up below.

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The Miami Dolphins continue to leave no stone unturned in their search for the franchise’s next head coach.

After hiring Jon-Eric Sullivan to be the team’s new general manager, the Dolphins have hit the ground running in their pursuit of the team’s next playcaller.

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The Miami Dolphins started their search for a new head coach over the weekend, conducting a virtual interview with Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak and requesting interviews with several other potential hires. Included in the list of targets for the Dolphins is the biggest name on the market this year: John Harbaugh. After being fired by the Baltimore Ravens last week, Harbaugh took the weekend to figure out what he wants to do this year and narrow down the list of possible landing places in 2026.

The Dolphins appear to be on the short list of places Harbaugh would consider coaching.

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Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross made the decision to fire Mike McDaniel as the team’s head coach late last week — but sometimes one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

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The Green Bay Packers lost to the Chicago Bears on Saturday as the NFL’s Wild Card weekend kicked off. With the loss, Chicago advanced to the Divisional round while the Packers head into the offseason. It also opened the door for Packers assistant coaches to be poached by teams looking for a new head coach.

The Miami Dolphins are looking for a new head coach. On Saturday, they requested an interview with Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The Las Vegas Raiders also requested an interview with Hafley.

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Shortly after hiring Jon-Eric Sullivan as their new general manager, the Miami Dolphins got to work on finding their next head coach. Sullivan will work along side Stephen Ross and Troy Aikman is even sticking around to help out. Reports came out yesterday that the Dolphins have requested to speak with several candidates. That list includes Kevin Stefanski, Robert Saleh, Chris Shula, and Klint Kubiak as of right now. The team also reportedly reached out to John Harbaugh, but no interview has been confirmed yet.

You can check out that story here, and the rest of the day’s round-up below.

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The Miami Dolphins are not taking Saturday off this week, attacking their head coaching search a day after hiring Jon-Eric Sullivan as the team’s new general manager. Earlier this morning, reports indicated the Dolphins had contacted former Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh about a possible interview next week. Then came a report that Miami was conducting a virtual interview with Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. Now comes news a legendary name could be in consideration for the job.

Miami has requested an interview with Chris Shula, the Los Angeles Rams’ defensive coordinator and grandson of Dolphins legendary head coach Don Shula. The elder Shula in the all-time winningest coach in NFL history with 347 victories; he is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The address for Hard Rock Stadium, the Dolphins’ home field, is 347 Don Shula Drive, recognizing the all-time great that was Don.

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The Miami Dolphins are not messing around when it comes to getting their house in order. Just a day after the team announced the hiring of Jon-Eric Sullivan as the team’s new general manager, they appear set for their first interview for their vacant head coaching position. According to Jordan Schultz, the Dolphins will hold an interview with Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak on Saturday.

Under NFL rules, a head coaching interview with a coordinator of a playoff team on a bye during wild card week must be held virtually. The team can then request a second, in-person interview with that coordinator during the bye week before the Super Bowl if the coordinator advances that far. Miami will meet the initial requirement by interviewing Kubiak today.

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