Miami Dolphins extend coach Mike McDaniel through 2028 season, AP source says

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins want Mike McDaniel to be around for a while. In the first head coaching job of his nearly two-decades long career, McDaniel led the Dolphins to back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time since 2000-01. McDaniel made a name for himself rather quickly in Miami, whether for his tendency to go viral for his quick wit and quirky idiosyncrasies, or for the rapid offensive success that he’s ushered in on a Dolphins team that had long struggled on that side of the ball. After signing a four-year contract extension last month, Tagovailoa said he appreciates McDaniel’s positive coaching style compared to the negativity he endured under Flores. “To put it in simplest terms, if you woke up every morning and I told you you suck at what you did, that you don’t belong doing what you do, that you shouldn’t be here, that this guy should be here, that you haven’t earned this right.. And then you have somebody else come in and tell you, ‘Dude, you are the best fit for us, you are accurate, you are the best.’ How would it make you feel listening to one or the other?” Tagovailoa said in an interview that aired this month on “The Dan LeBatard Show”.