The Miami Dolphins have begun their search to identify the team's next head coach.
This page will serve as the home for all the latest news throughout the search process, including updates following each interview and information on the candidates.
Jeff Hafley
Current Position: Defense Coordinator
Current Team: Green Bay Packers
With a wealth of coaching experience at both the NFL and college levels, Jeff Hafley's recent run in the NFL coincided with a Packers defensive turnaround and postseason berths each of the last two seasons. In his first year as Green Bay's defensive coordinator, Hafley led the Packers defense to improve from 17th in yards allowed per game (335.1) in 2023 to fifth (314.5) in 2024. His unit ranked sixth in points allowed per game (19.9) in 2024 and 11th in 2025 (21.2) and is in the top 10 in takeaways (45) since 2024. Hafley was the head coach at Boston College from 2020 to 2023, leading the Golden Eagles to bowl eligibility in three of his four seasons (didn't play a bowl game in 2020 due to COVID restrictions). Previously, Hafley was the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Ohio State (2019) and the defensive backs coach for the San Francisco 49ers (2016-18), the Cleveland Browns (2014-15) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2013). He spent the 2012 season as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Bucs after holding the defensive backs coach position at Rutgers in 2011 and at the University of Pittsburgh from 2008 to 2010. He worked in various defensive coaching roles for Albany (2002-05) after starting his coaching career on the offensive side of the ball at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2001 as a running backs coach.
Kevin Stefanski
Previous Position: Head Coach
Previous Team: Cleveland Browns
Two-time NFL Coach of the Year (2020, 2023) Kevin Stefanski served as Cleveland's head coach from 2020 to 2025, guiding the Browns to their first playoff win in 26 years when they defeated the Steelers 48-37 in the 2020 NFL Wildcard Round. Three years later, Stefanski did something no Browns coach had done since Marty Schottenheimer in 1986 when he qualified for the playoffs for a second time in his Cleveland tenure. Those 2023 Browns made the postseason with backup quarterback Joe Flacco winning four of his five starts to close the season. The 2023 Browns ranked 10th in points per game (22.1) despite starting five different quarterbacks (Flacco, Deshaun Watson, P.J. Walker, Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Jeff Driskel). Previously, Stefanski was the offensive coordinator of the 2019 Minnesota Vikings, who finished seventh in points per game (24.4). Originally the quarterbacks coach for Minnesota (2017-18), Stefanski was named interim offensive coordinator in 2018 before earning the job full-time in 2019. Prior to his promotion to coordinator, Stefanski held various positions on the Vikings staff, including running backs coach (2016), tight ends coach (2014-15), assistant quarterbacks coach (2009-13) and assistant to the head coach (2006-08). Stefanski got his start at Penn in 2005 as the assistant director of football operations, the same school where he was a First-Team All-Ivy League defensive back in 2004.
Klint Kubiak
Current Position: Offensive Coordinator
Current Team: Seattle Seahawks
In his first season as the Seahawks offensive coordinator, Klint Kubiak led Seattle – the NFC's No. 1 seed in the 2025 NFL Playoffs – to the third-ranked scoring attack with 483 points. The Seahawks finished eighth in passing (5,974 yards), 10th in rushing (2,096 yards) and sixth in percentage of drives ending in scores (46%). Kubiak directed one of the most innovative offensive attacks in the NFL incorporating west coast principles, multi-faceted personnel groupings, and a power run game. No team in football achieved the same balance as Seattle, who had 507 rush attempts and 508 passing attempts this season. Prior to Seattle, Kubiak served as the offensive coordinator for the Saints in 2024, where his offense posted 47 and 44 points in his first two games ever calling plays. Previously, Kubiak was the passing game coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers (2023) and the offensive passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach for the Denver Broncos (2022), after coaching three seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (2019-21) – the first two seasons as quarterbacks coach and one year as offensive coordinator. He got his start in the NFL with the Broncos in 2016 and also has experience coaching at the collegiate level with Texas A&M and Kansas. Kubiak is the son of Gary Kubiak, longtime head coach with the Houston Texas (2006-13) and Denver Broncos (2015-2016), whom he led to a Super Bowl 50 Championship.
