Dolphins promoting assistant coach Bobby Slowik to offensive coordinator

Chris Perkins, South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Jan 24, 2026

Published in Football

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Bobby Slowik, who came to the Miami Dolphins last season as the senior pass game coordinator, will be named as their new offensive coordinator, a league source has confirmed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. ESPN was the first to report Slowik’s promotion.

Slowik served as the Houston Texans’ offensive coordinator for the two seasons (2023-24) before he joined the Dolphins, helping to develop young quarterback C.J. Stroud.

Slowik’s offense ranked No. 7 in 2023 and No. 2 in pass plays of more than 25 yards (41). Stroud had 23 touchdowns, five interceptions and a 100.8 passer rating.

The Texans dipped to No. 22 in total offense in 2024 as injuries hit the offensive line. Stroud had 20 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and an 87.0 passer rating.

Still, Houston finished 10-7 and had three offensive Pro Bowl selections— left tackle Laremy Tunsil, running back Joe Mixon and wide receiver Nico Collins.

The Dolphins will be looking to revamp an offense that thrived on speed and finesse under former coach Mike McDaniel.

New Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley has already expressed part of his offensive vision.

“Now I need to hire an offensive coordinator,” he said at Thursday’s introductory news conference, “and there are certain core beliefs that I really do believe in like running the ball and being really physical up front, so when they know we’re going to run the ball, we’re still going to run it well. That’s going to be huge for me. And then we do, we need to build it around the quarterback, and you have to surround that quarterback with weapons — the o-line, the wideouts, the backs so it’s not all him.”

Most likely Slowik’s top job will be replacing quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, but he will likely also need to replace wide receiver Tyreek Hill and find a backup right tackle (behind Austin Jackson), a starting or backup right guard (for James Daniels) and depth all around. It’s not known whether Slowik’s offense would require fullback Alec Ingold, a team leader.

The Dolphins famously had the NFL’s No. 1 offense in 2023 at 401.3 yards per game. They were No. 2 at 29.2 points per game, finishing with an 11-6 record and earning a wild-card round playoff berth before losing to the Kansas City Chiefs, 26-7, in a frigid postseason game.

After that the offense went into somewhat of a descent, largely due to Tagovailoa’s injuries and declining play.

Slowik will work with talent such as running back De’Von Achane, the 2025 team MVP after rushing for a career-best 1,350 yards last season, center Aaron Brewer, an All Pro selection, left tackle Patrick Paul, and wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.

One option at quarterback for Miami could be the Green Bay Packers’ Malik Willis, who is due to hit free agency in March. Hafley and new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan worked with Willis closely in Green Bay, where both Sullivan and Hafley were before joining the Dolphins.

Sullivan said Thursday that he has a philosophy in quarterbacks.

“I’ve learned if you can help it, don’t wait till you don’t have a quarterback to find one, you know what I mean?” Sullivan said. “It starts there.”

Sullivan also spoke of other qualities he wants from his offense.

“I think obviously it always starts with the quarterback,” he said. “Anybody that’s in this business will tell you that, but we’ll build this from the inside out. I think you have to do that.

“I think you have to make sure that your line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball is big, tough, resilient and that there’s depth so that you can survive the — it’s a violent game, there’s going to be injuries — that you can survive injuries. The thing that I think we have to focus most on right now is making sure that we build infrastructure.”

Hafley made the first hire on his coaching staff Friday night, bringing in Chris Tabor as special teams coordinator.

And Hafley has interviewed Philadelphia Eagles defensive line coach, and former former Miami Hurricanes player and assistant coach, Clint Hurtt for his defensive coordinator vacancy. Hurtt has previously served as a defensive coordinator with the Seattle Seahawks.