‘Humble’ Coach Mike McDaniel Reveals the Lessons That Helped Him Transform the Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins have come far from Dan Marino to Mike McDaniel. The team is having a phenomenal season thanks to McDaniel’s coaching, which reformed the Miami Dolphins. Kyle Shanahan’s protégé has had a lot to learn ever since he became the head coach of the fastest offense in the league, which he is also responsible for.

The 9-3 AFC East topper will be playing against the Tennessee Titans next and take one more step toward entering the playoffs. In the wake of this, the Dolphins HC appeared in a recent episode of The Rich Eisen Show and shared his thoughts about his past, present, and future with the Miami Dolphins. It’s been over a year since he joined the Dolphins, and he describes what’s changed in detail.

Mike McDaniel had to change his ways to get the Dolphins to where they are right now

Rich Eisen asked McDaniel what had changed since Day One of his job as the Dolphins HC. “How are you a different coach than Day One when you walked into the building with the Miami Dolphins?” McDaniel replied: “Well, I would hope that there are pillars that are very consistent, but at the same time, the way I’ve kind of approached, um, you try to approach things from a humble standpoint.” 

He mentioned that so many people look up to their jobs, and it’s no different for him. The biggest trait that separates McDaniel from other coaches is his ability to admit his mistakes. Or, at least, that’s what he thinks of himself. According to him, this open-mindedness is what makes or breaks an HC. Also, making tough daily decisions, taking things as they come, and adjusting to them make McDaniel different from other coaches.

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The Dolphins HC did his shadow work

He tried to stick to these principles, and this is what’s changed in him as an HC since he joined the Miami Dolphins. Another thing he mentioned is how success brings distractions and how coping with distractions is essential. Also, he learned how his mood affected the people around him and how he had to control his emotions around people to get the best possible outcome as a team.

“If someone is walking past my office and I haven’t seen them all day, and I’m in a weird headspace, and I have like negativity, and then I look up like this and go back, and then they’re spiraling for the rest of the day, and I’m like, what did I do? And that’s the most inefficient brain work that you could possibly have,” McDaniel told Eisen.

This self-awareness is also a part reason of why McDaniel is thriving as an HC.

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