Dolphins hire Lions DBs coach Brian Duker as pass game coordinator

<div><figure> <img alt="Syndication: Detroit Free Press" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yAH8O_QeQmQvqFLPjz-pHfPWweI=/0x0:2400x1600/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73129109/usa_today_21075300.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption> </figure> <p>Brian Duker is headed to South Florida to join first-year defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver’s staff. </p> <p id="dtTvSy">The <a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/">Miami Dolphins</a> <a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/2024/2/3/24060539/miami-dolphins-defensive-coordinator-2024-search-anthony-weaver-baltimore-ravens-vic-fangio">hired Anthony Weaver last week</a>, and it looks like the first-year defensive coordinator is close to finalizing his coaching staff. <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero">NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero</a> reported Saturday that Miami hired Brian Duker as pass game coordinator and secondary coach. </p> <div id="6lDPsX"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dolphins?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dolphins</a> are hiring Brian Duker as their secondary coach/pass game coordinator, per source. Duker spent the past three seasons with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lions</a>, most recently as DBs coach.</p>— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1756421412510978102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2024</a> </blockquote> </div> <p id="ohBPis">Duker spent the last three seasons with the <a href="https://www.prideofdetroit.com/">Detroit Lions</a>, serving as the team’s defensive backs coach. He was an assistant with the <a href="https://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/">Baltimore Ravens</a> for three seasons (2018-20) but did not cross paths with Weaver, who was in Houston until the 2021 season. </p> <p id="6k57Cd">Renaldo Hill was Miami’s pass game coordinator and defensive backs coach in 2023 after two seasons as the defensive coordinator of the <a href="https://www.boltsfromtheblue.com/">Los Angeles Chargers</a>. That said, his future is not yet clear. </p> <p id="4E89rE"><a href="https://www.miamidolphins.com/team/coaches-roster/">Last season’s </a><a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/2024/2/3/24060651/nfl-safeties-coach-joe-kasper-returning-to-philadelphia-after-one-season-in-miami">safeties coach, Joe Kasper</a>, joined the <a href="https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, and <a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/2024/2/6/24063619/report-packers-set-to-hire-dolphins-lb-coach-anthony-campanile-2024-defensive-coordinator">inside linebackers coach Anthony Campanile</a> signed with the <a href="https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/">Green Bay Packers</a>. </p> <p id="3gdWCw"><a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/2024/2/7/24065594/nfl-miami-dolphins-add-former-titans-outside-linebackers-coach-ryan-crow-to-staff">Miami signed Ryan Crow to coach</a> the team’s outside linebackers, but Ryan Slowik, last year’s OLB coach who also interviewed for the defensive coordinator position, will have a role on Weaver’s staff. </p> <div id="tfF8qd"></div></div>