Dolphins add wide receivers coach with 30+ years of experience, reports say

A coach with more than 30 years of experience is headed to South Florida.

The Miami Dolphins hired wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert from the Tennessee Titans.

Tolbert comes in as the latest addition to newly minted coach Jeff Hafley’s staff that also saw Bobby Slowik become offensive coordinator.

A Texas native, Tolbert arrives in Miami having spent 32 years in coaching, the last 23 of which have come in the NFL. His previous stops include the Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Chicago Bears. Tolbert’s time in Denver corresponded with the Broncos’ 2016 Super Bowl win.

The players who have thrived under Tolbert’s tutelage include Anquan Boldin, Demaryius Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, Odell Beckham Jr. and DJ Moore.

This story was originally published January 25, 2026 at 3:38 PM.

C. Isaiah Smalls II

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C. Isaiah Smalls II is a sports and culture writer who covers the Miami Dolphins. In his previous capacity at the Miami Herald, he was the race and culture reporter who created The 44 Percent, a newsletter dedicated to the Black men who voted to incorporate the city of Miami. A graduate of both Morehouse College and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Smalls previously worked for ESPN’s Andscape.