The Miami Dolphins’ latest addition to their coaching staff is another former Green Bay Packers assistant, but in this case also a former head coach.<\/p>\n
Nathaniel Hackett, a longtime NFL offensive coordinator who had an ill-fated and very brief stint as Denver Broncos head coach in 2022, will be joining the Dolphins as quarterbacks coach, a source has confirmed.<\/p>\n
Hackett ironically worked last season as a defensive assistant with the Packers, which likely was to provide Jeff Hafley and his players an offensive viewpoint for the defense.<\/p>\n
If you like our content, choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source<\/a> on Google.<\/p>\n In his coaching career, though, Hackett has worked as an offensive coordinator with the Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Packers and most recently with the New York Jets after they brought in Aaron Rodgers in 2023.<\/p>\n Hackett will replace Darrell Bevell and like him provide valuable assistant to the offensive coordinator, who now will be Bobby Slowik. Bevell himself a longtime offensive coordinator was among five candidates who interviewed for that position with the New York Jets.<\/p>\n Hackett took over as Denver head coach in 2022 when he replaced \u2014\u00a0of all people \u2014\u00a0former Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio but was fired after a 51-14 loss against the L.A. Rams dropped the Broncos to 4-11, making Hackett the fifth coach to be fired before completing his first season. Two of Hackett’s assistants also were fired at that time, one of them being offensive line coach Butch Barry, who later came to Miami in 2023 and worked for the Dolphins for three seasons before leaving for the L.A. Chargers this week.<\/p>\n Here are other coaching staff nuggets with link to the stories we wrote:<\/p>\n SECOND BUFFALO ASSISTANT<\/p>\n Gor the second time they’ve looked to the Buffalo Bills for a new assistant.<\/p>\n Earlier in the day, the Dolphins added cornerbacks coach Jahmile Addae to work in the same capacity in Miami.<\/p>\n 5\u2b50\ufe0f Chef\u2026 sometimes you just gotta let God \u201cCOOK\u201d! He knows who\u2019s hungry. #Phinsup<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UsDD3SIjkn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jahmile Addae (@Coach_Addae) January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Addae spent the past two seasons with Buffalo after a long coaching career in college football that included stops at his alma mater, West Virginia, along with Georgia and the University of Miami. He was a co-defensive coordinator at West Virginia in 2020.<\/p>\n Among the Dolphins cornerback on the roster is former West Virginia standout Rasul Douglas, who played at WVU between Addae’s two stints as a coach there. Douglas is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason.<\/p>\n With Addae is part of its coaching staff, Buffalo led the NFL in pass defense in 2025, allowing 156.9 yards per game. Addae coached a cornerback group that included veterans Tre’Davious White, Taron Johnson and Christian Benford along with rookie first-round pick Maxwell Hairston. The group dealt with injuries throughout the season but still managed to performed at a good level.<\/p>\n The Bills ranked seven in opponent passer rating at 79.8 and were fourth in completion percentage allowed at 59.7 (the Dolphins were dead last at 72.2).<\/p>\n Addae becomes the eighth reported addition to the Dolphins staff along with the promotion of Bobby Slowik to offensive coordinator. The other seven were special teams coordinator Chris Tabor, OL coach Zach Yesner, RB coach Ladell Betts, DB coach Ryan Downard, WR coach Tyke Tolbert, and two other Green Bay assistants, Sean Duggan and Wendel Davis, with Duggan likely coming aboard as defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n As has been their costume, the Dolphins will announce the 2026 coaches once the staff is finalized.<\/p>\n WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW RB COACH<\/p>\n For the first time since the 2018 season, the Miami Dolphins will have a new running backs coach.<\/a><\/p>\n That new coach is Ladell Betts, who comes to Miami after working for the New York Giants in his first year as an NFL coach. Before that, Betts spent four seasons as a running backs coach at his alma mater, the University of Iowa.<\/p>\n Betts had a nine-year playing career in the NFL as, of course a running back with eight of the nine seasons spent with the Washington Redskins. His best season came in 2006 when he rushed for 1,154 yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n THE NEW O-LINE COACH AND THE CRAZY 49ERS CONNECTION<\/p>\n The Miami Dolphins will have a new offensive line coach in 2026 and it’s a logical choice with a very interesting connection.<\/a><\/p>\n Butch Barry, who coached the offensive line for the past three seasons, will be rejoining head coach Mike McDaniel in the same capacity with the Los Angeles Chargers, according to NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe.<\/p>\n This was a move that could have been predicted pretty much from the time McDaniel officially became offensive coordinator of the Chargers on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n Barry’s replacement on the 2026 Dolphins staff will be Barry’s co-assistant offensive line coach with the San Francisco 49ers in 2021, Zach Yesner.<\/p>\n The two were assistants that year under highly respected O-line coach Chris Foerster, who Dolphins fans likely remember for two less-than-memorable stints in Miami, first as offensive coordinator in 2004 and later under Adam Gase before he resigned in the aftermath of a video scandal.<\/p>\n WHY SLOWIK WAS A LOGICAL CHOICE AS OC<\/p>\n New Miami Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley will retain at least one member of the previous coaching staff, and he’ll play an imporant role.<\/p>\n