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Breaking down Miami Dolphins Brian Flores’ impressive coaching staff

By Brian Miller

Brian Flores is introduced as the Miami Dolphins head coach - image courtesy of the Miami Dolphins
Brian Flores is introduced as the Miami Dolphins head coach - image courtesy of the Miami Dolphins /
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TEMPE, AZ – JANUARY 30: Cornerbacks coach Josh Boyer gets the balls ready for a drill during the New England Patriots Super Bowl XLIX Practice on January 30, 2015 at the Arizona Cardinals Practice Facility in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
TEMPE, AZ – JANUARY 30: Cornerbacks coach Josh Boyer gets the balls ready for a drill during the New England Patriots Super Bowl XLIX Practice on January 30, 2015 at the Arizona Cardinals Practice Facility in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

Josh Boyer – Defensive passing game coordinator/defensive backs

Boyer is another coach that Flores has pilfered from the Patriots. He began his career in 2000 as a graduate assistant at King’s College and made his NFL debut in 2006 with the Patriots as a defensive assistant. He is very close and known to Flores.

In 2009 Boyer became the DB’s coach with the Patriots. Some are surprised by Boyer leaving the Patriots as he has been a good coach with them. He coached the cornerbacks from 2012 to 2018. He has three Super Bowls wins with the Patriots.

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Hire grade – A

Marion Hobby – Defensive line coach

Hobby was a player for the Patriots from 1990-1992 before leaving the NFL. In 1995 he starting coaching for Tennessee-Martin and coached defensive line with Clemson in 2005. He joined the Saints in 2006 spending two seasons and would serve as co-defensive coordinator back at Clemson from 2011-2016 coaching at Duke in between his Saints and Clemson gig. In 2017 he joined the Jaguars as their defensive line coach.

The Jaguars in 2017 advanced to the AFC Championship game losing to the Patriots but had one of the top defensive lines in the NFL that season. Injuries hurt the line in 2018.

Hire grade: B+

Tony Oden – Safeties

Oden has a long coaching history starting back in 1996 with Millersville University of Pennsylvania. His first NFL job came in 2004 with the Houston Texans as defensive assistant. He would also coach for the Saints, Jaguars, Buccaneers and Lions, as a DB coach. In 2018 he joined the Dolphins and was retained by Flores. His time in Detroit was spent with Jim Caldwell.

Oden did very well last year with the Dolphins secondary despite having only one solid CB but he took that CB, Xavien Howard and made him a Pro-Bowl player.

Hire grade – A

Rob Leonard – linebackers coach

Leonard does not have a long coaching history. He began his NFL career as a defensive assistant coach in 2013 with the Giants and became the teams assistant linebacker coach in 2018. He will take over the same role in Miami under the watchful eye of Brian Flores.

Hire grade – C+

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