The Miami Dolphins finally ended their search for a head coach on Sunday night when they agreed to a deal with San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel. The team had also been interviewing Kellen Moore as a finalist, and he’ll return to the Dallas Cowboys as a coordinator along with Dan Quinn who pulled out of the hiring process early on.
As noted by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, because McDaniel is a bi-racial candidate, the 49ers will receive two compensatory third-round picks, one in each of the next two drafts.
McDaniel is the 11th full-time head coach in Dolphins’ history and has a real chance to take an organization that is on the edge of contention to the next level.
When the news broke that McDaniel was the hire, social media reacted exactly as expected.
