MIAMI – New Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin takes over a team that hasn’t been to the Super Bowl since 1985 and missed the playoffs nine of the past 10 years.
Maybe that’s why one of his predecessors, Jimmy Johnson, offered this tweet Friday: “Joe Philbin new Dolphin coach..good luck!”
The former Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator became the seventh coach in the past eight years for the Dolphins, who are coming off a third consecutive losing season, their longest such stretch since the 1960s.
The hiring was the latest turn in an emotionally wrenching month for Philbin, whose 21-year-old son recently drowned in an icy Wisconsin river.
Philbin had been with Green Bay since 2003, working as offensive coordinator since 2007. Coach Mike McCarthy called the plays, but Philbin put together the game plan for one of the NFL’s most prolific offenses.
The Dolphins’ top choice, Jeff Fisher, turned them down a week ago to become coach of the St. Louis Rams. Miami owner Stephen Ross and general manager Jeff Ireland then conducted a second round of interviews this week with Philbin, Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and Todd Bowles, the Dolphins’ interim coach at the end of the season.
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