{"id":647881,"date":"2026-01-02T10:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647881\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:47:14","slug":"troy-aikman-to-assist-in-miami-dolphins-general-manager-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647881\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Aikman to assist in Miami Dolphins’ general manager search"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brock Purdy secures win for Niners in Week 17<\/p>\n

USAT’s Joe Rivera and Chris Bumbaca break down Brock Purdy\u2019s clutch plays and elite QB performance.<\/p>\n

Sports Seriously<\/p>\n

Troy Aikman, a Pro Football Hall of Famer<\/a> and current ESPN analyst, is expected to serve as a consultant for the Miami Dolphins<\/a>‘ general manager search, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

Chris Grier served as a general manager from 2016 to 2025 before mutually deciding to part ways<\/a> with the organization on Halloween. Entering Week 18<\/a>, the Dolphins<\/a> have compiled an 82-82 record in the previous 10 seasons. Champ Kelly has served as the Dolphins’ interim general manager.<\/p>\n

Aikman is not likely to leave his role with ESPN and is unlikely to stay with the Dolphins in the long term.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter<\/a>, the Dolphins’ ownership wanted to add an outside perspective, who is said to have “strong relationships across the league,” to their process.<\/p>\n

Aikman won three Super Bowls during his 12-year career as a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The former quarterback is still scheduled to serve as a broadcaster for ESPN on Saturday, Jan. 3 for the game between the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> and the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The California native is no stranger to assisting in a candidate search.<\/p>\n

Aikman, who played quarterback at UCLA<\/a> for two seasons (1987-88), served as a member of the Bruins<\/a>‘ coaching search committee in 2017 that led to the hiring of Chip Kelly. Kelly compiled a 35-34 record from 2018 to 2023 at UCLA.<\/p>\n

Aikman was a prominent name and contributor to the college football program, alongside sports executive and fellow UCLA graduate Casey Wasserman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aikman was not named to UCLA\u2019s most recent search committee for its head football coaching vacancy during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Wasserman was instead joined by UCLA alumni Bob Myers (former Golden State Warriors general manager) and Adam Peters (Washington Commanders<\/a> general manager).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brock Purdy secures win for Niners in Week 17 USAT’s Joe Rivera and Chris Bumbaca break down Brock…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[37355,247,265,518,1443,70316,427,217,12,388,1368,7,5291,1367,20842,379,216,251,2087,246,88,6,35196,152,245,264,1259,1371,4043,238,237,261,9,266,412,16154,517,534,855,111],"class_list":["post-647881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-aikman","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-bruins","tag-california","tag-california-gold-rush","tag-commanders","tag-dolphins","tag-espn","tag-espn-inc","tag-fame","tag-football","tag-gold","tag-hall","tag-hub","tag-inc","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-of","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-pro","tag-pro-football-hall-of-fame","tag-rush","tag-seahawks","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-troy","tag-troy-aikman","tag-ucla","tag-ucla-bruins-football","tag-washington","tag-washington-commanders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115825111715059462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}