{"id":666572,"date":"2026-01-10T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/666572\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:46:13","slug":"dolphins-head-coach-search-update-troy-aikman-to-continue-as-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/666572\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins head coach search update: Troy Aikman to continue as advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Miami Dolphins added Hall of Fame quarterback and Monday Night Football analyst Troy Aikman as an advisor during the search for their new general manager. On Friday, the team announced the hiring of Jon-Eric Sullivan as the hire, but that did not end Aikman\u2019s role with the team. According to the Miami Herald\u2019s Barry Jackson, <a href=\"http:\/\/The Miami Dolphins added Hall of Fame quarterback and Monday Night Football analyst Troy Aikman as an advisor during the search for their new general manager. On Friday, the team announced the hiring of Jon-Eric Sullivan as the hire, but that did not end Aikman\u2019s role with the team. According to the Miami Herald\u2019s Barry Jackson, Aikman will continue to serve as an advisor during the head coaching search.\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aikman will continue to serve as an advisor during the head coaching search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Dolphins fired Mike McDaniel on Thursday, ending his four-year tenure with the team. McDaniel has already drawn interest from other teams as either a head coach or a coordinator for the 2026 season, but Dolphins owner Stephen Ross ultimately decided it was time for a complete reset for the team, brining in a new head coach along with Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jackson adds that Sullivan will lead the search for the next head coach. Ross will be involved as the team\u2019s owners and Aikman will \u201cadvise in a similar fashion\u201d to his work to hire Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Dolphins are believed to be interested in former Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who was fired this week and is expected to start scheduling interviews next week. The New York Giants are also highly interested in adding Harbaugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There is also speculation that Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley could be on the team\u2019s short list of candidates. Sullivan joins Miami after 23 years with the Packers, including the last two with Hafley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Dolphins\u2019 goal was to get Sullivan in place as the GM before they officially kicked off their head coach search. Keeping Aikman as an advisor to the team provides stability and consistency in the hiring process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins added Hall of Fame quarterback and Monday Night Football analyst Troy Aikman as an advisor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,46997,2733,2087,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-666572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-miami-dolphins-coaching-staff","13":"tag-miami-dolphins-news","14":"tag-miamidolphins","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115871822106473606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666572","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=666572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}