Jeff Hafley
Head Coach at Miami Dolphins since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 26
- First season
- 2001
- Teams
- 14
Career
19 stints
2000s
- 2001WPIRunning Backs
- 2002–2005AlbanyHead Coach
- 2002–2003Graduate assistantHead Coach
- 2004–2005Defensive backs coachHead Coach
- 2006–2007Graduate assistantHead Coach
- 2006PittsburghDefensive BacksDefensive Graduate Assistant
- 2007PittsburghCornerbacksDefensive Graduate Assistant
- 2008–2010Defensive backs coachHead Coach
- 2008–2010PittsburghDefensive Backs
2010s
- 2011RutgersDefensive Backs
- 2012Assistant defensive backs coachHead Coach
- 2012–2013Tampa Bay BuccaneersHead Coach
- 2013Defensive backs coachHead Coach
- 2014–2015Cleveland BrownsDefensive Backs
- 2016–2018San Francisco 49ersDefensive Backs
- 2019Ohio StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
2020s
- 2020–2023Boston CollegeHead Coach
- 2024–2025Green Bay PackersDefensive Coordinator
- 2026–presentMiami DolphinsHead Coach
Coaching tree
7 mentors, 42 protégés, 9 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
55
- 2026Al WashingtonMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Brock OlivoMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Bush HamdanMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Chris TaborMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Darius EubanksMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Jahmile AddaeMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Matt ApplebaumMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Ron MiddletonMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Ryan DownardMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Sean DugganMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2026Tyke TolbertMentored · Miami Dolphins
- 2024–2025Matt LaFleurCoached under · Green Bay Packers
- 2023Matt ApplebaumMentored · Boston College
- 2023Paul RhoadsMentored · Boston College
- 2023Ryan McCarthyMentored · Boston College
40 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
18
- 2026Joe BarrySucceeded · Miami Dolphins
- 2024Bill O'BrienSucceeded by · Boston College
- 2024Joe BarrySucceeded · Green Bay Packers
- 2020Kerry CoombsSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2020Rich GunnellSucceeded · Boston College
- 2020Steve AddazioSucceeded · Boston College
- 2019Alex GrinchSucceeded · Ohio State
- 2019Greg MattisonSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2016Tim LewisSucceeded · San Francisco 49ers
- 2014Lovie SmithSucceeded by · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2013Doug BelkSucceeded · Defensive backs coach
- 2008Chris BallSucceeded · Pittsburgh
- 2007Chris BallSucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 2006Jeff SchmeddingSucceeded · Graduate assistant
- 2006Vance JosephSucceeded by · Defensive backs coach
3 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
26 seasons
- Defensive backs coachHead coach · 2004–20136
- PittsburghPosition coach · 2006–20105
- Boston CollegeHead coach · 2020–20234
- Graduate assistantHead coach · 2002–20074
- AlbanyHead coach · 2002–20054
- San Francisco 49ersPosition coach · 2016–20183
- Green Bay PackersCoordinator · 2024–20252
- Cleveland BrownsPosition coach · 2014–20152
- Tampa Bay BuccaneersHead coach · 2012–20132
- Miami DolphinsHead coach · 2026 · current1
- Ohio StateCoordinator · 20191
- Assistant defensive backs coachHead coach · 20121
- RutgersPosition coach · 20111
- WPIPosition coach · 20011
Pipeline
2 of 13 coordinators
- 14 seasonsRyan McCarthyunder at Albany 2004 · head coach at Central Connecticut2019
- 3 seasonsPeter Rossomandounder at Albany 2002 · head coach at New Haven2008
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Jeff Hafley. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.