Miami Dolphins announced Monday that head coach Brian Flores has been fired after three seasons with the team. “The Miami Dolphins announced today that head coach Brian Flores has been relieved of his duties,” the team said in an statement, ESPN reports. Flores finsihed his third season as head coach with a 24-25 record. Flores got the head coach position in 2019, not long after helping the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams for a 13-3 victory in Super Bowl LIII.
“I want to thank the Miami Dolphins for the opportunity to be the head coach of this team for the last three seasons,” Flores said in a statement. “It was an honor to represent the franchise and lead this group of men. I am grateful most of all for the players, coaches and support staff who gave everything they had on a daily basis to help us win games. They deserve the credit for any success on the field, and it was the honor of a lifetime for me to go to work with them everyday.”
“I have always believed that leadership is really about service, and I did my best to serve the players, the staff and the organization everyday. I believe in this team and will always value the relationships my family and I made here,” he added.
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said in the statement: “I made a decision today to part ways with Brian Flores. After evaluating where we are as an organization and what we need going forward to improve, I determined that key dynamics of our football organization weren’t functioning at a level I want it to be and felt that this decision was in the best interest of the Miami Dolphins. I believe we have a talented young roster in place and have the opportunity to be much better in 2022. I want to thank Brian for his hard work and wish him nothing but the best in the future.”
Over 60% of NFL players are Black, and now that Flores has been relieved of his duties, there remain only two Black head coaches in the league, 66-year-old David Culley of the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, the third longest-tenured coach in the NFL according to NBC Chicago.
Tomlin was hired in 2007 when there were six Black head coaches in the NFL.
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