The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football franchise based in Miami Gardens, Florida. They are members of the East Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins began play in 1966 as an expansion team in the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger. The team has played their home games at Hard Rock Stadium, originally known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Landshark Stadium, and Sun Life Stadium, since 1987. The Dolphins are currently owned by Stephen M. Ross.
There have been fifteen head coaches for the Dolphins franchise. The team's first head coach was George Wilson, who coached for four complete seasons. Don Shula, who coached the Dolphins for 26 consecutive seasons, is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (392), the most regular-season game wins (257), the most playoff games coached (31), and the most playoff-game wins (17). Shula is also the only Dolphins head coach to win a Super Bowl with the team, winning two. He was named NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press (AP), The Sporting News (TSN), Pro Football Weekly (PFW), and United Press International (UPI) during his tenure with the Dolphins. The current head coach of the Dolphins, Jeff Hafley, was hired on January 19, 2026.
Key #Number of coachesA running total of the number of coaches of the Dolphins. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.YrsYears coachedFirstFirst season coachedLastLast season coachedGCGames CoachedWWinsLLosesTTiesWin%Win – Loss percentage †Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach *Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Dolphins
Coaches Note: Statistics are accurate through the conclusion of the 2025 NFL season.
# Image Name TermEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season. Regular season Playoffs Accomplishments Ref. Yrs First Last GC W L T W% GC W L W% 1 4 1966 1969 56 15 39 2 — 2 † 26 1970 1995 392 257 133 2 31 17 14 Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1997)2 Super Bowl championships (VII, VIII)5 AFC championships (1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984)11 AFC East championships (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994)16 Playoff BerthsAP NFL Coach of the Year (1972) Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (1970, 1972) Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year (1970, 1972)UPI AFC Coach of the Year (1971) 3 † 4 1996 1999 64 36 28 0 5 2 3 Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2020)3 Playoff Berths 4 5 2000 2004 73 42 31 0 3 1 2 AFC East championship (2000) <br/ >2 Playoff Berths 5 * 12004 7 3 4 0 — 6 * 2 2005 2006 32 15 17 0 — 7 * 12007 16 1 15 0 — 8 4 2008 2011 61 29 32 0 1 0 1 AFC East championship (2008) <br/ >1 Playoff Berth 9 12011 3 2 1 0 — 10 4 2012 2015 52 24 28 0 — 11 12015 12 5 7 0 — 12 3 2016 2018 48 23 25 0 1 0 1 1 Playoff Berth 13 * 3 2019 2021 49 24 25 0 — 14 * 4 2022 2025 68 35 33 0 2 0 2 2 Playoff Berths 15 * 1 2026 present 0 0 0 0 — Totals 60 1966 2025 933 511 418 4 43 20 23
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