The Miami Dolphins have already filled one major spot on new HC Jeff Hafley’s staff, bringing in Chris Tabor as their special teams coordinator. With that role locked in, the Dolphins are now turning their attention to another rising coaching talent from Brent Key’s Georgia Tech program, whose next move could make waves in the NFL.

According to On3’s Pete Nakos, the coach is Darius Eubanks, who is expected to be hired by the Miami Dolphins as the assistant special teams coordinator. A Georgia native and former NFL LB, Eubanks joined Georgia Tech in 2025. He leaves after two seasons at Georgia Southern, where he first coached the secondary in 2023 before taking over as linebackers coach and run game coordinator in 2024.

His path back to Miami has been building for some time after he spent the 2024 offseason with the Dolphins as a defensive assistant fellow working with the inside and outside LBs. During his stints as a coach at Liberty, Georgia State, Samford, and Arkansas, he produced five all-conference honorees, an FCS All-American, and multiple defensive backs who led the country in interceptions.

Eubanks will be working under veteran special teams coordinator Chris Tabor, who previously worked with Hafley at the Browns. He starred at Georgia Southern from 2009 to 2012 before playing four seasons in the NFL with the Browns, Cowboys, and Buccaneers. Now, he is returning to the NFL scene, this time as a coach with the Dolphins.

And Eubanks’ arrival is just one piece of bigger puzzle taking shape in Miami.

Jeff Hafley is moving fast in Miami

Jeff Hafley is shaking things up in Miami faster than anyone expected. The former DC of Green Bay Packers  former HC of Boston College, Georgia Tech’s ACC rival just three years ago, is already recruiting a talented staff just days into his new role as head coach of the Dolphins. He’s brought in Chris Tabor to run special teams, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Hafley wants to lean on people he trusts from his NFL past especially those with Green Bay roots.

“There’s only room in one place. It’s at the top,” GM Jon-Eric Sullivan said addresseing Hafley’s vision for Dolphins. “The culture of competition, hard work, resilience, and love for each other will bounce off the walls of this place day in and day out.”

Then there’s the major offensive splash: former Broncos head coach and longtime Aaron Rodgers assistant Nathaniel Hackett will be coaching Miami’s quarterbacks. Hackett’s resume includes stints with the Packers, Jaguars, Jets, and Bills. He will now be coaching Tua Tagovailoa. It’s true that Hackett’s tenure as head coach in Denver was chaotic, but you cannot doubt his skills when it comes to handling NFL quarterbacks.

He’s bringing with him a professional expertise and continuity that Miami hasn’t seen in a long time, including former Packers staffers inlcuding Ryan Downard, Sean Duggan, and Wendel Davis. And for a franchise hungry to return to the postseason spotlight, there’s a sense of electricity in the air: change is happening, and it’s happening fast.