Dolphins hire Jeff Hafley as head coach in franchise reset

According to ESPN, the Miami Dolphins hired Green Bay Packers antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Hafley arsenic their adjacent caput coach, the squad announced Monday night.

“I judge large things are up for the Miami Dolphins with Jeff Hafley starring the way,” Dolphins proprietor Stephen M. Ross said successful a connection released by the team. “Jeff is an accomplished manager with a proven way grounds arsenic a person and motivator. He has tenacity and grit, portion astatine the aforesaid clip establishing spot with his players successful bid to get the astir retired of them.”

Hafley agreed to a five-year declaration and completed a 2nd interrogation with the Dolphins connected Monday. He takes implicit a franchise entering a wide reset aft large beforehand bureau and coaching changes precocious successful the season.

Familiar faces signifier the decision

Hafley joins caller wide manager Jon-Eric Sullivan, who was hired earlier this period to regenerate longtime GM Chris Grier. The 2 worked unneurotic successful Green Bay implicit the past 2 seasons, giving Miami enactment that already shares acquisition and perspective.

On the field, Hafley spent 2 seasons moving the Packers’ defense. During that span, Green Bay ranked ninth successful yards allowed per game, sixth successful yards per play, and eighth successful points allowed per game, accumulation that played a large relation successful Miami’s decision.

A agelong drought and a caller start

The Dolphins person not won a playoff crippled successful 25 seasons, the longest drought successful the NFL. Miami’s past postseason triumph came connected Dec. 30, 2000, against the Indianapolis Colts, erstwhile Hafley was a elder astatine Siena.

Hafley antecedently served arsenic caput manager astatine Boston College, finishing 22-26 implicit 4 seasons. His different NFL acquisition came arsenic a antiaircraft backs manager with the Buccaneers, Browns and 49ers from 2012 to 2018, pursuing earlier stops astatine schools specified arsenic Albany, Pittsburgh, Rutgers and Ohio State.

Packers prima walk rusher Micah Parsons reacted connected X, writing: “Genuinely blessed for haf! Great feline large person! Gonna miss his energy!”

Sullivan has identified players specified arsenic Jaylen Waddle, Patrick Paul, Aaron Brewer and De’Von Achane arsenic gathering blocks. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was benched precocious this season, however, and his aboriginal with the squad remains unclear.