{"id":25372,"date":"2025-02-12T04:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T04:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25372"},"modified":"2025-02-12T04:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T04:35:37","slug":"breaking-miami-dolphins-to-add-recent-nfl-head-coaching-candidate-to-their-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25372","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Miami Dolphins to add recent NFL head coaching candidate to their staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEyNzcyMDAyNTgxMjU5OTA0\/usatsi_24299744.jpg\" alt=\"USATSI_24299744\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/houston\">Houston Texans<\/a>\u00a0offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik has been a popular head coaching candidate over the past couple of hiring cycles.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he&#8217;s off the market, but not as a head coach.\u00a0 Instead, he&#8217;ll be heading to South Florida to join the Dolphins as their senior passing game coordinator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=%40Craiginthe843&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1889466458758848531&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fatozsports.com%2Fnfl%2Fmiami-dolphins-news%2Fmiami-dolphins-news-hire-former-texans-offensive-coordinator-bobby-slowik-passing-game-coordinator%2F&amp;sessionId=2fd55205bcf10f6a9229bbb22bad67c0aa614bae&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-13=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1889466458758848531\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Slowik, who interviewed this year with the Jets for their head coaching job, was let go as the Texans&#8217; offensive coordinator last month after his second season. 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