{"id":122925,"date":"2026-01-18T16:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122925\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:36:29","slug":"miami-dolphins-head-coach-interviews-kelvin-sheppard-patrick-graham-jeff-hafley-on-mondays-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122925\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins head coach interviews: Kelvin Sheppard, Patrick Graham, Jeff Hafley on Monday\u2019s schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">NFL rules restrict coaches under contract with a team from having an in-person interview with another team to fill a vacancy until January 19. The Miami Dolphins have been patient, conducting virtual interviews over the past week as they waited for the restriction to be lifted on Monday, and they are now set to have a busy day with multiple interviews as soon as permitted. According to multiple reports, Miami has three interviews scheduled tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2012901759878832406\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dolphins are set to meet with Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard<\/a> on Monday morning. Sheppard, a former NFL linebacker, retired from playing the game in 2018 after an eight-year career including two seasons with the Dolphins, and moved into coaching in 2021 as the Lions\u2019 outside linebackers coach. He moved up to the linebackers coach in 2022 and assumed the defensive coordinator position this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">NFL Insider Josina Anderson reported earlier in the week that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JosinaAnderson\/status\/2011273511776760287\" rel=\"nofollow\">Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham was planning to fly to Miami on Sunday<\/a> to be ready for a Monday interview as well. Graham has been the defensive coordinator for the Raiders since 2022, following a two-year stint as the New York Giants defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. In 2019, Graham served as the Dolphins\u2019 defensive coordinator. He has also coached for the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Toledo, Notre Dame, Richmond, and Wagner in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The interviews with Sheppard and Graham would meet the NFL\u2019s Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview two minority candidates for head coaching or general manager positions. If Hafley is their choice for the position, they could look to end Monday\u2019s interview with the coach signed and announced as the team\u2019s replacement for Mike McDaniel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hafley has spent the last two seasons as the Packers\u2019 defensive coordinator following a four-year stint as the head coach at Boston College. He has worked at both the NFL and collegiate levels throughout his career, primarily focused on defense. In the NFL, he has worked with the Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL rules restrict coaches under contract with a team from having an in-person interview with another team to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,56528,2797,14149,125,124],"class_list":["post-122925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-coaching-staff","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-miami-dolphins-rumors","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}