First Reactions To The Miami Dolphins' Early Traction On The Head Coaching Search

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins ignite coaching carousel drama with high-profile interviews and trade speculation—could Matt LaFleur or John Harbaugh reshape the team's future? As the search intensifies, six big-name coaching candidates enter the spotlight, including Kevin Stefanski, Robert Saleh, Klint Kubiak, Jeff Hafley, and Chris Shula. The Dolphins’ front office overhaul signals a bold new chapter in Miami’s quest to build a tougher, more cohesive roster. Kyle Crabbs dissects each candidate’s strengths, the impact of Green Bay’s ties to Miami’s new GM Jon-Eric Sullivan, and the possibility of a blockbuster coach trade. Key insights include the risk of letting recent playoff results cloud hiring decisions, updates on Mike McDaniel’s interview circuit, and a breakdown of how Dolphins leadership could transform player development and culture. Will Miami land a top-tier leader and shake up the AFC East hierarchy?

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0:00.0	At this point, I've lost track on whether or not I'm hosting a Dolphins podcast or a daytime soap as the coaching carousel turns here today on Locked on Dolphins.
0:16.3	You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.3	All right, Miami.
0:29.4	Welcome to another episode of Locked on Dolphins.
0:32.3	It is your team every day here on the Lockedown Network.
0:35.4	I'm your host, Mynese-N-Rabes, a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lockedon Dolphins, co-host of Lockedon NFL scouting, author of Touchdown, Miami on Substack NFL staff, writer for A to Z sports. I want to give a special welcome and shout out to our every day because it is your team every day. We don't just say we live it. Here on the Locked on Network, today's episode of Locked on Dolphins is brought to you by Fandul. Fandul is officially in playoff mode. Every game day during the NFL playoffs, Fandall is giving customers more ways to play to get in on the action. Visit fandul.com to get started, special thank you to each and every one of you who have helped to make the Locked on podcast network, the number one sports podcast network in the world.
1:10.9	And Lacton Dolphins is humming these days.
1:15.1	There is palpable excitement within the fan base for, as Stephen Ross put it, comprehensive change.
1:23.0	And comprehensive change is upon us.
1:26.0	There's a new general manager.
1:27.2	There's going to be a new head coach.
1:29.0	The way in which the dolphins conduct their business, hopefully, with a wholesale
1:34.4	sweeping change of new people brought in on the same internal clock for performative
1:39.8	measures and measures of success, hopefully that breeds a non-shortcut laden effort in building
1:47.8	a roster. We can only hope. But the next step in this process, of course, for the
1:55.2	Dolphins is to secure a head coach to lead the roster into the future.
2:06.7	What's fascinating with this is the dolphins are a part of a quarter of the league.
2:10.2	A quarter of the league is looking for head coaches right now.
2:21.1	You can divide teams that played in playoff games and teams that are looking for new coaches, it's 22 out of 32 teams. So you're either on this end of the spectrum or you're on that end of the
2:24.9	spectrum. There's very few teams tend to be exact that are kind of in the middle.
2:29.9	And some of these playoff teams may end up looking for new coaches.
2:33.2	Depending on what happens
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