Dolphins to line up interview with South Florida native, Buffalo Bills coordinator

A South Florida native is now among the candidates for the Miami Dolphins’ vacant head coaching position. He’s also been leading the offense of a Dolphins rival in recent years.

Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady, who was born in Pembroke Pines, has been requested for an interview, according to a league source Wednesday night.

That brings Miami’s list of candidates they’ve reached out to up to 11, after the team requested to talk to former linebackers coach Anthony Campanile, now the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator, earlier Wednesday.

Incidentally, Brady’s Bills offense just faced Campanile’s Jacksonville defense in a playoff game Sunday.

Brady, an alumnus of Everglades High in Miramar, has held that role with the Bills full-time for the past two seasons, building off his success when he took over the job in the interim upon the firing of Ken Dorsey, former Miami Hurricanes national championship-winning quarterback, during the 2023 season.

Under Brady, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen won league MVP in 2024. This season, the Bills ranked fourth in total offense and points per game.

After high school in South Florida, Brady was a wide receiver at William & Mary. He was linebackers coach at his alma mater in 2013 and 2014, a graduate assistant at Penn State in 2015 and 2016 and an offensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints in 2017 and 2018.

But it was the following year, staying in Louisiana, that Brady burst onto the coaching scene in a big way. He became passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at LSU under Ed Orgeron. He helped quarterback Joe Burrow and wide receivers Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase to a national title on a 15-0 team.

That led him back to the NFL, as offensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers in 2020 and 2021 before joining Buffalo as quarterbacks coach, which later got him back into a coordinator job when Dorsey was later fired.

Brady was a hot name in last year’s head coach hiring cycle, as well, but ultimately returned to the Bills.

Buffalo plays at the Denver Broncos on Saturday after advancing in the playoffs against the Jaguars.

Along with Brady and Campanile, Miami coach candidates include former defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, who has held that role with the Las Vegas Raiders the past four seasons, and former Dolphins linebacker Kelvin Sheppard, who is Detroit Lions defensive coordinator.

Miami, as of Wednesday, has completed interviews Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and former Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski.

Others whom Miami has reached out to are former Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula and Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter.

This story will be updated.