MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins have completed head coach interviews with Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham and Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard, the team announced Monday.

The Dolphins’ schedule for Monday is also believed to include a second interview with Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley.

Sheppard, who recently completed his first year in his current role, played linebacker for the Dolphins in the 2014-15 seasons.

Graham, who served as Miami’s defensive coordinator in 2019 and the New York Giants defensive coordinator in 2020-21, recently completed his first season with the Raiders.

It’s unclear whether Monday’s shocking news that the Buffalo Bills fired coach Sean McDermott impacts the Dolphins’ coaching search. But now all four jobs in the AFC East will have changed since the conclusion of the 2024 season.

McDermott, Buffalo’s coach since 2017, had a 15-2 record against the Dolphins, including a 34-31 playoff victory in the 2022 season.

Before McDermott’s availability, Hafley, who worked with new Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan for the past two seasons in Green Bay when Sullivan was vice president of player personnel, was considered the front-runner for Miami’s job.

But Hafley, 46, is a hot prospect. He’s also considered one of three finalists for the Tennessee job and is reportedly scheduled to interview with the Titans on Tuesday.

Additionally, Hafley reportedly has second interview requests from Las Vegas and the Arizona Cardinals, and he’s also interviewed with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

If Hafley uses the quarterback position as a major factor between the Dolphins and Titans jobs, the Dolphins find themselves coming up short.

Miami has an unsettled quarterback position.

Tennessee offers promising second-year quarterback Cam Ward, the former University of Miami star.

Hafley, Sheppard and Graham would all represent a change of sorts for the Dolphins.

Among Miami’s previous four full-time head coaches — Joe Philbin (2012-15), Adam Gase (2016-18), Brian Flores (2019-21) and Mike McDaniel (2022-25) — only Flores had a defensive background.

The Dolphins have interviewed 10 candidates after completing Monday’s interviews with Sheppard and Graham — Hafley, Joe Brady (Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator), Kevin Stefanski (new Atlanta Falcons coach), Klint Kubiak (Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator), Jesse Minter (Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator), Robert Saleh (San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator and ex-New York Jets coach), Chris Shula (Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator), and Anthony Campanile (Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator).

It’s unclear if there’s mutual interest between Brady and the Bills for their now-vacant head coaching job.

The Dolphins are using a committee of seven, led by Sullivan and including owner Steve Ross and Hall of Fame quarterbacks Troy Aikman and Dan Marino, to select the next head coach.

The Dolphins are going through a cleansing of sorts highlighted by their activities of the past three months.

Miami fired former general manager Chris Grier on Oct. 31.

Adam Engroff and Anthony Hunt, co-directors of player personnel, were fired on Nov. 10.

Former franchise quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was demoted on Dec. 17.

The Dolphins fired McDaniel (35-35 record including 0-2 playoffs record) on Jan. 8.

The Dolphins parted ways with assistant general manager Marvin Allen on Jan. 13.

It’s assumed that neither Tagovailoa nor wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who sustained a season-ending knee injury against the Jets on Sept. 29, will return in 2026.

In other Dolphins news, defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver will reportedly have second interviews with Pittsburgh and the Baltimore Ravens for their head coach jobs. And the Philadelphia Eagles have asked permission to interview Bobby Slowik, Miami’s senior pass game coordinator, for its offensive coordinator job.

 This story will be updated.