Mike McDaniel

Head Coach at Miami Dolphins

Speaker

Mike McDaniel was named the 11th head coach in team history on Feb. 7, 2022. The 2024 season marks his 18th in the NFL and third as a head coach.

The Dolphins have made big strides in their first two years under McDaniel's leadership. He led the team to the postseason in both 2022 and 2023, which marked Miami's first back-to-back playoff appearances in more than 20 years (2000-01). In doing so, McDaniel became just the third head coach in Dolphins history to make back-to-back playoff appearances in his first two seasons, joining Don Shula (1970-71) and Dave Wannstedt (2000-01).

Prior to Miami, McDaniel spent five seasons (2017-21) with the San Francisco 49ers where he was the team's run game specialist in 2017 before being promoted to run game coordinator in 2018 and again to offensive coordinator in 2021.

Prior to San Francisco, McDaniel spent two seasons (2015-16) as an offensive assistant with the Atlanta Falcons. During his tenure, the Falcons had the second-best total offense (394.9) and third-best scoring offense (27.5) in the NFL. Atlanta's passing attack ranked second (284.5).

McDaniel's first job as an NFL position coach came in 2013 with Washington when he was promoted to wide receivers coach.

His first NFL coaching position came as a coaching intern with the Denver Broncos in 2005.

A native of Greeley, Colorado, McDaniel played wide receiver at Yale, where he graduated with a degree in history. He and his wife, Katie, have one daughter, Ayla.