The Dolphins have announced that they’ve agreed to terms to make 49ers’ offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel their next head coach (Twitter).
McDaniel recently had his second interview with Miami on Friday. Fox Sports Writer Peter Schrager reported that the interview lasted for 10 hours.
McDaniel was one of two candidates to receive a second interview with the Dolphins as Cowboys’ offensive coordinator Kellen Moore interviewed yesterday. With Moore not getting the job, it looks like Dallas will keep both coordinators as Moore has not been mentioned as a contender for the Saints’ or Texans’ jobs and defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has informed teams that he is remaining in Dallas.
McDaniel is a longtime Kyle Shanahan-staffer, following Shanahan from Atlanta to San Francisco. Following Mike LaFleur‘s departure to join Robert Saleh on the Jets, McDaniel was promoted to offensive coordinator.
The 2021 NFL season was McDaniel’s first and only year as an offensive coordinator at any level. He first entered the NFL as an intern for the Broncos in 2004. He spent three years as an offensive assistant in Houston before taking the position of running backs coach for Sacramento’s short-lived UFL team. McDaniel re-entered the NFL ranks an an offensive assistant in Washington for two years before getting promoted to wide receivers coach. He spent one season in that position in Washington followed by a season holding the same position in Cleveland before heading to Atlanta to become an offensive assistant under Shanahan.
The 38-year-old’s rise has been meteoric since joining Shanahan. After two years in Atlanta, McDaniel became Shanahan’s run game coordinator in San Francisco for four seasons before finally getting his shot last year at offensive coordinator. McDaniel didn’t call plays for the 49ers, but he did draw up the running plays and coordinate a running game that ranked in the top-10 despite losing Raheem Mostert in Week 1 and missing Elijah Mitchell for 6 games this year.
With Brian Flores‘ lawsuit against the NFL, Dolphins, Giants, and Broncos alleging racial discrimination, much attention will likely be paid to the fact that McDaniel identifies as multiracial, making him the first minority coaching candidate to be hired in this year’s cycle. The 49ers will receive two third-round compensatory picks as a result of the hire.
With Miami securing their man, there are now only two teams remaining who are without a head coach: the Texans and Saints. Keep up with the last remaining coaching searches on our 2022 NFL Head Coaching Search Tracker.
Great Hire! They absolutely nailed it
Great Hire! They absolutely nailed it!
49ers will get 2 3rd rounders as well since this is a minority hire.
Is this an attempt at humor?
No attempt at humor. McDaniels is multiracial. Under the NFL’s Rooney Rule the 49ers will receive two third round compensation picks for developing a minority assistant who became a head coach.
3rd round pick in 22 and 23
Did they change that? I thought the rule was the team that hired the black coach got picks? Was that just a proposal and not the final rule?
Either way, that’s a better structure..incentivizing the development of a wider pool of coaches without actually putting a finger on the scale for HC jobs.
Yes, forwhom, hiring minority to get picks would cause questions regarding the basis of the hire. So like you said, developing the quality of the coach and risking losing the coach to another team is where the reward is necessary. Lynn and Ryans will probably be next to get “stolen”.
He’s half black . Maybe do some research for before resorting to being a jerk
He’s bi-sexual as well which is why I think the 49ers got 2 picks instead of one.
moronic….again
sadly no lol
Because you’d rather have him than Jim Caldwell grooming a young quarterback.
McDaniel’s system will emphasize a strong running game and playaction, which suit Tua. better than Caldwell’s vertical, pass heavy scheme. It’s a strong fit.
Will Watson really need to be developed?
So they take they guy who’s had 1 year as an OC that didn’t call plays.
Terrible moves by the Dolphins which doesn’t surprise me. This team has made so many bad decisions in the past however many years
I like it. It’s an under-the-radar move and 49ers coaches are always intriguing – DeMeco Ryans is going to be a head coach in a couple years and be really good at it too.
They’ll be looking again in two or three years as usual. Hopefully for Dolphin fans’ sake, Ross will have been forced to sell the team by then.
Hard to imagine what the NFL will be like in three years. Most teams will have different qbs by then. Hard to imagine what LIFE will be like in three years lol
Sucks losing McDaniel but the fact the 49ers hired Lynn I think makes up for it. I think Lynn is going to be really good for the 49ers. 49ers also get a 3rd rd pick this draft and next season so works out pretty good
They hire him over Bieniemy? My head hurts
I’m really starting to wonder if teams just don’t view him has ready. I thought this year was the year. I think the Saints would be lucky to have him. Texans too. Lots of change coming for both. Michael Thomas gonna ask for a trade soon with that mess.
He must be multi-racial like Michael Jackson was
What does it mean that he “identifies as multi-racial?” I’m asking an honest question and not trying to be condescending. This is not something I’ve heard of before.
It means the 49ers found a loophole in the Rooney Rule to acquire draft picks. Other organizations will start doing this.
Wow, padna, and you decided to click send. Brilliant
So padna, Shanahan lynch peters and York are having coffee. Peters: did you guys know McDaniel is multi-racial? Shanahan: All these years we’ve coached together and I didn’t know that. Lynch: I’m gonna give the Dolphin GM a call and tell him to hire McDaniel so we can get compensatory picks. Like we got with the Saleh hire. Shanahan: I sure didn’t want to lose Saleh and McDaniel is one of my best friends but heck. 3rd round picks are 3rd round picks.
Padna, you’re saying it kinda went like that?
Doubtful. Teams like San Fran who are in Super Bowl contention like that would never do that. Mike McDaniel is legit.
Miami hires him but the 9ers found the “loop hole”?
Not sure myself, but its been approved by the league. He’s considered a minority person.
In a 2021 feature by NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco, McDaniel was quoted as saying, “My grandmother on my dad’s side is Black. My dad’s Black. I can honestly say up to that point, I hadn’t noticed that I was different in two fields. I was different in that I was multi-racial to the world.”
Appreciate the insight. Thanks for helping to provide some clarification for us.
McDaniel’s father is black, per an article in the Miami Herald released today.
Second McDaniel to be hired as Hwad Coach maybe both related.
They’re not related. The other guy has an s on the end of his last name.
Another white man with little experience. But hey, white owners be comfy with white underlings. Let’s see what happens when massa offers him $100,000 to lose games…..
He identifies as Bi-Racial! Hello!!??!
my face when you clearly did no research
Can’t defend the comments and/or poor attempt at humor, but even if you look this guy up it’s extremely hard to believe. It’s almost like the one guy Elaine dated in Seinfeld.
Well at least they hired a minority
and Twitter immediately goes off suggesting the dude’s lying about his race. gotta love that horrid site…
One of the perks of accepting the Miami job is you get a complimentary blindfold and cigarette.
Handing out compensation for hiring a minority. What does it say about America that a billion dollar company has to reward itself when it’s finally being an EOE. SMH.
It was incentives and the promise of a better life that convinced most people to leave Europe for America in the first place.
Now they get rewarded with a job while their previous owners get paid? Interesting how paid slavery is the solution to the lack of minority hires. Im obviously reaching here but you get the point.
No we don’t get the point. You are all over the place.
Incentives for hiring minority is the same as buying discount produce. Yeah it’s not as good as the new produce but we will slash the price so you take it off our hands. So how is it now a slap in the face of minorities? They already have to do fake interviews to appease the Rooney rule and Flores is proving that’s a farce. How’s handing out draft picks not a slap in the face too?
I don’t see a problem with offering incentives to solve problems. Many companies offered incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid…was that wrong?
Everyone that got vaccinated against covid got an incentive right? Not just the whites or blacks right? It’s elementary. If you don’t have enough for everyone, don’t give out anything.