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Dolphins Coach Philbin Out, Campbell In

Dan Campbell (right) started with the Dolphins as an intern in 2010. He's moving from tight ends coach to interim head coach, replacing Joe Philbin.
Charles Trainor, Jr./The Miami Herald
Dan Campbell (right) started with the Dolphins as an intern in 2010. He's moving from tight ends coach to interim head coach, replacing Joe Philbin.
Dan Campbell (right) started with the Dolphins as an intern in 2010. He's moving from tight ends coach to interim head coach, replacing Joe Philbin.
Credit Charles Trainor, Jr./The Miami Herald
Dan Campbell (right) started with the Dolphins as an intern in 2010. He's moving from tight ends coach to interim head coach, replacing Joe Philbin.

Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin was fired Monday after the team lost three of its first four games. This was Philbin's fourth season as head coach. Dolphins executive vice president MikeTannenbaumannounced tight ends coach Dan Campbell asPhilbin’stemporary replacement.“When we made the decision to make Dan Campbell our interim head coach, it was the thinking that again, this season is four games old, and we can still accomplish all of our goals this year – not a three-year rebuild, but in 2015, the Dolphins can, we can achieve all our goals that we set out for,” Tannenbaum told reporters.

 

Campbell called Philbin a class act and said the Dolphins have the talent to turn things around.

 

"This is my sixth season with the Miami Dolphins, and this is the most talented roster we have had in those six years," Campbell said. "We have to change the culture. I have to change the culture, and that’s what I intend to do. And what that means is we need to become a more aggressive front, or team in general.”

Campbell said he wasn't ready to make any decisions about possible changes in the rest of the coaching staff.

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