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line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Mike McDaniel</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_McDaniel_2023.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mike_McDaniel_2023.png/220px-Mike_McDaniel_2023.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mike_McDaniel_2023.png/330px-Mike_McDaniel_2023.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mike_McDaniel_2023.png/440px-Mike_McDaniel_2023.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="994" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">McDaniel as <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> head coach, 2023</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #008E97 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FC4C02, inset -2px -2px 0 #FC4C02;;"><span class="org">Miami Dolphins</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">Head coach</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #008E97 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FC4C02, inset -2px -2px 0 #FC4C02;;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1983-03-06</span>) </span>March 6, 1983<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 41)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, Colorado</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">180 lb (82 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #008E97 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FC4C02, inset -2px -2px 0 #FC4C02;;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Smoky_Hill_High_School" title="Smoky Hill High School">Smoky Hill</a> (Aurora, Colorado)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yale_Bulldogs_football" title="Yale Bulldogs football">Yale</a> (2001–2004)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #008E97 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FC4C02, inset -2px -2px 0 #FC4C02;;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a coach:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a>)<br />Coaching intern</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a>–<a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_season" title="2008 NFL season">2008</a>)<br />Offensive assistant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Mountain_Lions" title="Sacramento Mountain Lions">California Redwoods / Sacramento Mountain Lions</a> (2009–2010)<br />Running backs coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_season" title="2011 NFL season">2011</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_season" title="2012 NFL season">2012</a>)<br />Offensive assistant</li> <li>Washington Redskins (<a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_season" title="2013 NFL season">2013</a>)<br />Wide receivers coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a>)<br />Wide receivers coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_season" title="2015 NFL season">2015</a>–<a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_season" title="2016 NFL season">2016</a>)<br />Offensive assistant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_season" title="2017 NFL season">2017</a>–<a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_season" title="2020 NFL season">2020</a>)<br />Run game coordinator</li> <li>San Francisco 49ers (<a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season" title="2021 NFL season">2021</a>)<br />Offensive coordinator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> (<a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_season" title="2022 NFL season">2022</a>–present)<br />Head coach</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #008E97 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FC4C02, inset -2px -2px 0 #FC4C02;;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Regular season:</th><td class="infobox-data">25–21 (.543)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Postseason:</th><td class="infobox-data">0–2 (.000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Career:</th><td class="infobox-data">25–23 (.521)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/McDaMi0.htm">Record</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Lee McDaniel</b> (born March 6, 1983) is an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> coach who is the <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). A former long-time assistant and descendant of the <a href="/wiki/Mike_Shanahan" title="Mike Shanahan">Shanahan</a> coaching tree, McDaniel began his NFL coaching career as an intern for the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> in 2005. McDaniel served as an assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> from 2017 to 2021, holding his first <a href="/wiki/Offensive_coordinator" title="Offensive coordinator">offensive coordinator</a> position in 2021. McDaniel has appeared in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LI" title="Super Bowl LI">Super Bowl LI</a> with the Falcons in 2017, and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIV" title="Super Bowl LIV">Super Bowl LIV</a> with the 49ers in 2020 as an assistant coach alongside <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Shanahan" title="Kyle Shanahan">Kyle Shanahan</a>. </p><p>McDaniel spent five seasons with the 49ers, mostly as the run game coordinator. His tenure concluded with their second <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC Championship Game</a> appearance in three seasons; McDaniel served as the offensive coordinator the season before he left to become the Dolphins' head coach. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_playing_career">Early life and playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDaniel was born in <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, Colorado</a>, in 1983. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Smoky_Hill_High_School" title="Smoky Hill High School">Smoky Hill High School</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played college football as a wide receiver at <a href="/wiki/Yale_Bulldogs_football" title="Yale Bulldogs football">Yale</a>, where he graduated with a degree in history.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Denver_Broncos">Denver Broncos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Denver Broncos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDaniel was hired in 2005 at the age of 22 by his hometown <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> as a coaching intern under head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Shanahan" title="Mike Shanahan">Mike Shanahan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Broncos in <a href="/wiki/2005_Denver_Broncos_season" title="2005 Denver Broncos season">2005</a> finished with what was at the time their best record since <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">John Elway</a>'s retirement six years earlier, at 13–3. In the postseason, they defeated the defending back-to-back Super Bowl champion <a href="/wiki/2005_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2005 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a> 27–13 in the Divisional Round before falling to the eventual Super Bowl champion <a href="/wiki/2005_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> 34–17 in the AFC Championship Game.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Houston_Texans">Houston Texans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Houston Texans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, McDaniel was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a> as an offensive assistant under head coach <a href="/wiki/Gary_Kubiak" title="Gary Kubiak">Gary Kubiak</a>, whom McDaniel worked alongside at the Denver Broncos a season earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure in Houston, McDaniel assisted three different offensive coordinators and future head coaches; <a href="/wiki/Troy_Calhoun" title="Troy Calhoun">Troy Calhoun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sherman" title="Mike Sherman">Mike Sherman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Shanahan" title="Kyle Shanahan">Kyle Shanahan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="California_Redwoods_/_Sacramento_Mountain_Lions"><span id="California_Redwoods_.2F_Sacramento_Mountain_Lions"></span>California Redwoods / Sacramento Mountain Lions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: California Redwoods / Sacramento Mountain Lions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, McDaniel was hired by the <a href="/wiki/California_Redwoods_(UFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Redwoods (UFL)">California Redwoods</a>, a team from the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(2009%E2%80%932012)" title="United Football League (2009–2012)">United Football League</a> as a running backs coach under former <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Green" title="Dennis Green">Dennis Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In McDaniel's second year, the team relocated to <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a> and was renamed the Sacramento Mountain Lions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington_Redskins">Washington Redskins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Washington Redskins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, McDaniel was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> as an offensive assistant, reuniting with Redskins head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Shanahan" title="Mike Shanahan">Mike Shanahan</a>, who was McDaniel's mentor six seasons earlier on the Denver Broncos.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was there where McDaniel worked alongside three other future head coaches: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Shanahan" title="Kyle Shanahan">Kyle Shanahan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_McVay" title="Sean McVay">Sean McVay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matt_LaFleur" title="Matt LaFleur">Matt LaFleur</a>. In 2013, McDaniel was promoted to wide receivers coach following the departure of <a href="/wiki/Ike_Hilliard" title="Ike Hilliard">Ike Hilliard</a>, who left to join the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> in the same position.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDaniel would not be retained under new head coach <a href="/wiki/Jay_Gruden" title="Jay Gruden">Jay Gruden</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cleveland_Browns">Cleveland Browns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cleveland Browns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDaniel was hired in 2014 by the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> as their wide receivers coach under new head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pettine" title="Mike Pettine">Mike Pettine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlanta_Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Atlanta Falcons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_McDaniel_Aug_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mike_McDaniel_Aug_2015.jpg/220px-Mike_McDaniel_Aug_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mike_McDaniel_Aug_2015.jpg/330px-Mike_McDaniel_Aug_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mike_McDaniel_Aug_2015.jpg/440px-Mike_McDaniel_Aug_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption>McDaniel as an offensive assistant coach with the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>McDaniel was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> as an offensive assistant coach under new head coach <a href="/wiki/Dan_Quinn_(American_football)" title="Dan Quinn (American football)">Dan Quinn</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="San_Francisco_49ers">San Francisco 49ers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: San Francisco 49ers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, McDaniel was hired by the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> as their run game coordinator under his long-time associate and new head coach <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Shanahan" title="Kyle Shanahan">Kyle Shanahan</a>, whom he worked alongside for a total of nine seasons on the Texans, Redskins, Browns, and Falcons.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2019_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="2019 San Francisco 49ers season">2019 season</a>, McDaniel and the Niners appeared in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIV" title="Super Bowl LIV">Super Bowl LIV</a>, where they lost to the <a href="/wiki/2019_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="2019 Kansas City Chiefs season">Kansas City Chiefs</a> 31–20.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 18, 2021, McDaniel was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Offensive_coordinator" title="Offensive coordinator">offensive coordinator</a>, following the departure of passing game coordinator <a href="/wiki/Mike_LaFleur" title="Mike LaFleur">Mike LaFleur</a>, who left to become the offensive coordinator for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miami_Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Miami Dolphins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2022_season">2022 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2022 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> hired McDaniel as their fourteenth head coach on February 6, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 11, 2022, McDaniel made his regular season head coaching debut against the <a href="/wiki/2022_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2022 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a> and led the Dolphins to a 20–7 victory, marking McDaniel's first victory as a head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDaniel became the first Dolphins head coach since <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Nick Saban</a> in <a href="/wiki/2005_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2005 Miami Dolphins season">2005</a> to win his first game as Miami's head coach, and the first in franchise history to win a season opener as a rookie head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDaniel also helped the Dolphins defeat the <a href="/wiki/2022_Buffalo_Bills" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Buffalo Bills">Bills</a> for the first time since the 2018 season.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDaniel led the Dolphins to a 9–8 record, giving Miami their first playoff berth since <a href="/wiki/2016_Miami_Dolphins" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Miami Dolphins">2016</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dolphins fell to the <a href="/wiki/2022_Buffalo_Bills" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Buffalo Bills">Bills</a> 34–31 despite a late rally in the fourth quarter of the Wild Card Round.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2023_season">2023 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2023 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDaniel led the Dolphins to a historic 70–20 victory over the Denver Broncos in Week 3 of the 2023 season, the first time a team scored 70 or more points in the Super Bowl era.<sup id="cite_ref-Furones_2023_x367_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furones_2023_x367-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team recorded an NFL-record 726 offensive yards, the first to record 700 or more yards since 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerr_2023_l946_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerr_2023_l946-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDaniel is biracial. His mother is <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">white</a> and his father is <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDaniel grew up close friends with comedian <a href="/wiki/Dan_Soder" title="Dan Soder">Dan Soder</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, Colorado</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDaniel's relationship to the NFL began when, as a child seeking autographs at the Broncos' <a href="/wiki/Training_camp_(NFL)" title="Training camp (NFL)">training camp</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Northern_Colorado" title="University of Northern Colorado">University of Northern Colorado</a>, he lost his <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> ball cap. After Broncos staffer Gary McCune bought him a replacement, McCune met and married McDaniel's mother.<sup id="cite_ref-gange20220211_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gange20220211-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> McDaniel and his wife Katie have one daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McDaniel&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Team</th> <th rowspan="2">Year</th> <th colspan="5">Regular season</th> <th colspan="4">Postseason </th></tr> <tr> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Ties</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Finish</th> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd"> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2022 Miami Dolphins season">MIA</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_season" title="2022 NFL season">2022</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>.529</td> <td><b>2nd in AFC East</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>.000</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> in <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_NFL_playoffs" title="2022–23 NFL playoffs">AFC Wild Card Game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2023 Miami Dolphins season">MIA</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_season" title="2023 NFL season">2023</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>.647</td> <td><b>2nd in AFC East</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>.000</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> in <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NFL_playoffs" title="2023–24 NFL playoffs">AFC Wild Card Game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2024 Miami Dolphins season">MIA</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_NFL_season" title="2024 NFL season">2024</a> </th> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>.417</td> <td>TBD in AFC East</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/McDaMi0.htm">Total</a> </th> <th>25</th> <th>21</th> <th>0</th> <th>.543</th> <th></th> <th>0</th> <th>2</th> <th>.000</th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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