Miami finished the season with a 7-10 record and will be searching for a new head coach.
MIAMI GARDENS — Los Miami Dolphins head coach fired Mike McDanielsources informed Adam Schefter of ESPN.
This decision comes after Mike McDaniel met with the press on Monday and declared that he would participate in interviews for the hiring of the team’s new general manager.
The owner of the DolphinsStephen Ross, met with McDaniel this week to analyze the season and, after that meeting and subsequent reflection, Ross decided to dispense with his services, according to the sources consulted by Schefter.
“After careful evaluation and extensive conversations since the season ended, I have made the decision that our organization needs change,” Ross said in a statement.
“I love Mike and want to thank him for his hard work, commitment and the energy he brought to the organization. Mike is a brilliant mind and his passion for the game and his players was evident every day. I wish him and his family the best in the future,” Ross added.
Los Dolphins They finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 10 losses and for the second consecutive year did not qualify for the postseason after qualifying in 2022 and 2023. This move comes almost 16 months after the three-year extension that McDaniel had signed in August 2024.
Mike McDaniel He spent four years at the head of the Dolphins and on a couple of occasions they reached the Wild Card Round, but both times they said goodbye to the playoffs early.
Los Dolphins announced on Wednesday that they had completed the initial round of interviews for the general manager position and the next step will be in-person talks with four candidates: Champ Kelly, interim general manager of the team, Josh Williams, director of scouting and operations of the San Francisco 49ers, Jon-Eric Sullivan, vice president of personnel of the Green Bay Packers and with Chad Alexander, assistant general manager with the Los Angeles Chargers.
McDaniel received his first opportunity as a head coach in 2022 with the Dolphins after five years with the 49ers, four of them as running game coordinator and one more as offensive coordinator (2021).
