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More Changes to Coaching Staff

The Miami Dolphins have a new outside linebackers coach

Alain Poupart

More Changes to Coaching Staff
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Head coach Mike McDaniel continues to assemble his coaching staff, making a change in who will be in charge of the outside linebackers.

The Dolphins hired Ryan Crow after he spent the past six seasons with the Tennessee Titans. Crow was let go by the Titans by new head coach Brian Callahan after he replaced Mike Vrabel.

Ryan Slowik served as the Dolphins' outside linebackers coach in 2023 after being a senior defensive assistant the previous year and will remain on the staff in a different role, according to a league source.

Slowik has coached at all three levels of the defense — line, linebackers and secondary — during his coaching career and the Dolphins reportedly lost safeties coach Joe Kasper and assistant defensive line coach Kenny Baker since the end of the season.

The Dolphins officially announce their assistant coach hirings at one time after the staff has been finalized.

Crow does not have a prior working relationship with either head coach Mike McDaniel or new defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver.

Crow will take over an outside linebacker corps filled with question marks heading into the offseason. Bradley Chubb, Jaelan Phillips and Cameron Goode all suffered serious season-ending injuries in late November or December, and Andrew Van Ginkel is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in March.

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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.

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