Dolphins hire new QB coach and poach cornerbacks coach from AFC East rival
The Miami Dolphins have found a new coach for one of their defensive back rooms.
Jahmile Addae has signed on as the cornerbacks coach, a league source confirmed. He previously worked for the Buffalo Bills in the same capacity.
Meanwhile, new coach Jeff Hafley hired veteran offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett to replace Darrell Bevell as the Dolphins’ quarterbacks coach. He previously worked as quarterbacks coach at Syracuse (2010) and with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2015-16).
Hackett also has served as offensive coordinator for four teams -- Buffalo (2013-14), Jacksonville (2016-18), Green Bay (2019-2021) and the Jets (2023-24).
He’s the first former non-interim NFL head coach on Hafley’s staff, having served most of the 2022 season as the Broncos head coach. He was fired on Dec 26, 2022, after a 51-14 loss to the Rams left the Broncos at 4-11.
He became just the fifth head coach since the AFL-NFL merger to not finish his first season as an NFL coach. Lou Holtz, Pete McCulley, Bobby Petrino and Urban Meyer were the others.
New Dolphins special teams coach Chris Tabor has served as an NFL coach on a fill-in and interim basis for six games in Chicago and Carolina, but was never a permanent head coach.
Hackett, 46, spent last season as a defensive analyst for the Packers, the first time he has worked on the defensive side since his first job in coaching, as assistant linebackers coach at UC Davis in 2003.
As for Addae, his hiring comes less than 24 hours after former Dolphins cornerbacks coach Mathieu Araujo left to take the same role with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Addae will arrive in Miami after more than 15 years of collegiate coaching experience. His previous stops include West Virginia University, University of Michigan, University of Cincinnati, University of Arizona, University of Minnesota, University of Georgia and the University of Miami.
A standout cornerback at WVU, Addae went undrafted in 2006 and spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as Indianapolis Colts.
Addae had an outstanding collegiate career at West Virginia (253 tackles, 25 pass breakups). He was also a four-year starter, two-time captain and two-time All-Big East defensive back.
The Dolphins have now filled nine positions on the staff since Hafley’s hiring.
This story was originally published January 29, 2026 at 10:38 AM.
