Michael Rene Mularkey is a former American football coach and tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Florida, and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings with whom he played for six seasons before playing another three with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Dave Wannstedt is a former American football coach. He has been the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was also the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team from 2005 to 2010. He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, and Oklahoma State Cowboys as well as an associate of Johnson when both were assistants at the University of Pittsburgh.
Jim Bates is a former American football coach in the National Football League, most recently serving as defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He primarily ran a 4-3 scheme, using fast, undersized linebackers. Bates served as interim head coach for the Miami Dolphins during the 2004 NFL season.
Pat Flaherty is a former American football coach. He most recently served as offensive line coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) in 2019, but was fired before the season began.
Joseph Anthony Philbin is an American football coach who currently serves as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, a position he held from 2012 to 2015. Philbin was also the offensive coordinator of the Packers from 2007 to 2011, helping them win Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Most recently, Philbin served as interim head coach of the Green Bay Packers for the final four games of the 2018 NFL season after serving as the offensive coordinator for the first part of the season.
Gerald Alexander is an American football coach and former safety, who is currently the defensive backs coach for the Miami Dolphins. He played college football at Boise State, and was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
Brian Daboll is a Canadian-American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, and Alabama. Daboll has also served in various capacities as an assistant coach for the New England Patriots.
William Lawrence Muschamp is an American football coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Florida from 2011 to 2014 and the University of South Carolina from 2016 to 2020.
Robert Lanier Jackson is an American former football coach and college player who was a professional assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons, including three as an offensive coordinator. In his NFL tenure, Jackson coached five Pro Bowl running backs, including at least one in three of his five stops where he has tutored the running backs. The list consists of Pro Football Hall of Fame player Marshall Faulk, Stephen Davis, Terry Allen, Brian Mitchell, and Marion Butts.
The 2008 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League, the 43rd overall and the first under new head coach Tony Sparano. During the regular season the Dolphins completed the greatest single-season turnaround in NFL history, going from a 1–15 regular season record in 2007 to an 11–5 record in 2008. The previous record for most improved team one year after a 1–15 season belonged to the 1997 New York Jets, who went 9–7. The 1999 Indianapolis Colts were the only other team to accomplish a 10-game turnaround, winning 13 games after winning 3 in 1998, which was also the first year of the Peyton Manning era. Additionally, Miami won the AFC East, becoming the first team in NFL history to win their division after only having one win the previous season. The division title also snapped the Patriots' 5-year streak of winning the AFC East. Their season would come to an end in the Wild Card round when they were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens, which coincidentally, was also the only team they beat last season in overtime to save the Dolphins from suffering a winless season. With their 11–5 record and division title, the Dolphins had hopes of achieving their first playoff victory since 2000, or to possibly become the first team ever to make the Super Bowl after winning only one game the previous season, similar to how the Carolina Panthers went 1–15 in 2001 and made Super Bowl XXXVIII just two seasons later.
Patrick Graham is an American football coach and former player who is the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as defensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins as well as a defensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers and an assistant coach for the New England Patriots.
Christopher Flyn Foerster is an American football coach who currently serves as a game-planning assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he worked for the Dolphins as their offensive coordinator in 2004.
George Robert Godsey is an American football coach and former player who is currently the Tight Ends coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).
Paul T. Boudreau is an American football coach who last served as offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He has served as the offensive line coach for eight different NFL teams, one Canadian Football League (CFL) team, and four college teams. No offensive line coach in the NFL has more experience as an assistant at the professional level than Boudreau, who entered his 29th season in 2015. Boudreau's offensive lines over the years have blocked for five running backs who crossed the 10,000-yard career rushing mark, including Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin, Thurman Thomas, Fred Taylor and Steven Jackson.
Lou Anarumo is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the defensive backs coach at Purdue under Joe Tiller and Danny Hope from 2004-2011, the Miami Dolphins from 2012-2017, and the New York Giants in 2018.
Marion Hobby is a former American football assistant coach at the Miami Dolphins of the NFL, having served as defensive line coach.
Brian Stewart Polian is an American college football coach and former player. He is the special teams coordinator for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. He is the former head coach of the Nevada Wolf Pack football team. He is the son of former National Football League (NFL) executive Bill Polian.
Anthony Campanile is an American football coach who is currently the linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the linebackers coach for the Michigan football team. Campanile was promoted in 2013 after joining the Rutgers staff in the summer of 2012 as a defensive assistant.
Phillip Galiano, is an American football coach who is currently an assistant special teams coach for the New Orleans Saints. Galiano played college football for the Shippensburg University Raiders.
