The Miami Dolphins are hiring Butch Barry as their subsequent offensive line coach, based on a league supply.
Barry, who returns to Miami after teaching Hurricanes offensive linemen in 2019 underneath former UM coach Manny Diaz, was Denver Broncos offensive line coach in 2022. The Broncos are transitioning this season from ex-coach Nathaniel Hackett to Sean Payton, and so they parted methods with Barry and different assistants on Dec. 27.
Barry replaces Matt Applebaum within the function with the Dolphins. Applebaum was fired final Thursday after one season in Miami.
Barry has a reference to Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel as they have been collectively on the 2021 San Francisco 49ers. McDaniel was offensive coordinator, and Barry was assistant offensive line coach on the 49ers workforce that reached final 12 months’s NFC Championship Game earlier than McDaniel landed the pinnacle job in Miami.
Barry was a senior analyst with the Green Bay Packers in 2020. Before 2019 at UM, he was assistant offensive line coach the earlier 4 years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Dolphins have had hassle retaining offensive line coaches up to now decade. Barry turns into the franchise’s tenth in 9 years. The final time Miami stored an offensive line coach for multiple season was 2014-2015 — John Benton.
Since then, coaches out and in on brief stints within the function included Chris Foerster, who was seen on video snorting a white powdery substance in 2016, and Steve Flaherty, let go two days into 2019 coaching camp after being former coach Brian Flores’ first rent on the place. Lemuel Jeanpierre, Miami’s 2021 offensive line coach, was stored as an assistant underneath Applebaum final season.
Barry will likely be tasked with growing a Dolphins offensive line spearheaded by four-time Pro Bowler Terron Armstead at left sort out, Connor Williams at middle and Robert Hunt at proper guard. Miami additionally has younger blockers in Austin Jackson and Liam Eichenberg going into their fourth and third seasons, respectively, which have seen on-field and harm struggles and want the proper place coach to take their sport to the following stage.
Applebaum is the lone Dolphins assistant on the offensive facet of the workers that has been let go this offseason. The others — defensive coordinator Josh Boyer, exterior linebackers coach Ty McKenzie, safeties coach Steve Gregory and assistant linebackers coach Steve Ferentz — have all been defensive coaches.
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