The deed is done! The Dolphins entered this offseason with little expectation for a coaching staff overhaul — yet that is exactly what transpired for Miami as the team big farewell to both of their coordinators and several key position coaches along the way. Gone is Chad O’Shea’s Patriots system. So, too, is Patrick Graham, who went off to New York to take the same role with the Giants. The heavy hitters are established at the top of the coaching staff — as Chan Gailey comes out of retirement to steer the offense and Josh Boyer steps up to the plate to act as Miami’s new defensive coordinator.
And while the news of other new additions has been trickling in for a few weeks now, the Dolphins have formalized the coaching staff changes this past week — including some promotions amid the surviving coaches on Brian Flores’ staff.
The team formally announced the hirings of Gerald Alexander as the defensive backs coach, Anthony Campanile as their linebackers coach and Lemuel Jeanpierre as the Dolphins’ assistant offensive line coach.
Miami’s promotions included Karl Dorrell to assistant head coach/wide receivers and Josh Grizzard to assistant wide receivers coach.
Rob Leonard was reassigned and will now serve as assistant defensive line coach.
Alexander and Campanile come to Miami from the college ranks — Alexander spent his last three seasons with the Cal program, while Campanile was the linebackers coach at Michigan.
The remaining changes all include NFL coaching veterans — with Jeanpierre serving as the only new addition (he spent 2019 in Oakland with the Raiders in the same position).
The biggest domino for the Dolphins is the promotion of Karl Dorrell to assistant head coach. Dorrell was on staff in Miami from 2008-2011 before bouncing around and returning to Miami in 2019 to serve as the team’s wide receivers coach for the second time. Now, Dorrell will be the wide receivers coach and Brian Flores’ main lieutenant as the assistant head coach — filling the void left behind by Jim Caldwell, who vacated his coaching position this offseason after taking a leave of absence in 2019.
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