New Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel speaks during his introductory press conference at the Baptist Health Training Complex at Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
The Dolphins announced Mike McDaniel’s coaching staff for the 2022 season on Friday, which includes Dolphins legends, leftovers and former San Francisco 49ers assistants.
Apart from previously reported additions, McDaniel retained a pair of coaches in new roles and added more assistants. Lemuel Jeanpierre, who was offensive line coach in 2021, now has the title of assistant offensive line coach. Josh Grizzard, who coached wide receivers, is now a quality control coach.
Mike Person, a nine-year-old NFL offensive lineman who straddled McDaniel in San Francisco, joins the staff as an offensive assistant. Person has played in 73 career games and started all playoff games during the 49ers run to the Super Bowl in the 2019 season.
Aldrick Robinson, a former wide receiver who straddled McDaniel in San Francisco, Washington and Atlanta, joins as an offensive assistant.
Kolby Smith, who spent the past two seasons as quality control coach, is now an offensive assistant.
Mathieu Araujo, co-defensive coordinator at Yale, joins the staff as assistant defensive backs coach. Araujo, who also coached defensive backs at Yale and was introduced as an assistant head coach/defensive coordinator at Maine in January before deciding to move to Miami.
Steve Ferentz, who spent the 2021 season as an assistant linebackers coach.
Steve Gregory, a former NFL defensive back who was most recently an assistant coach at Miami, is now a safety coach.
Derrick LeBlanc, who has coached primarily the defensive line in college for the past 21 years, joins as assistant defensive line coach.
Joining as a senior defensive assistant is Ryan Slowik, who has 12 years of NFL coaching experience. Slowik most recently coached outside linebackers for the Cleveland Browns during the 2016 season.
Mike McDaniel’s coaching staff in 2022
Offense
Frank Smith – Offensive Coordinator
Jon Embree – Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends
Eric Studesville – Associate Head Coach / Running Backs Coach
Darrell Bevell – quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator
Wes Welker — Wide Receiver Coach
Matt Applebaum – Offensive Line Coach
Chandler Henley – Assistant Quarterbacks Coach
Lemuel Jeanpierre — Assistant Offensive Line Coach
Mike Person — Offensive Assistant
Aldrick Robinson – Offensive Assistant
Kolby Smith — Offensive Assistant
Josh Grizzard — Quality Control Coach
Defense
Josh Boyer — Defensive Coordinator
Austin Clark – Defensive Line Coach
Anthony Campanile — Linebackers Coach
Sam Madison – cornerbacks coach/passing specialist
Steve Gregory — safety coach
Ty McKenzie – Outside Linebackers Coach
Derrick LeBlanc — Assistant Defensive Line Coach
Steve Ferentz – Assistant Linebackers Coach
Mathieu Araujo — Assistant Defensive Backs Coach
Ryan Slowik – Senior Defensive Assistant
Patrick Surtain — defensive assistant
Special teams
Danny Crossman — Special Teams Coordinator
Brendan Farrell — Assistant Special Teams Coach
Strength and Conditioning
Dave Puloka — Head Strength and Conditioning Coach