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Jan 11, 1996: -- Meet the Head Coach of the Dolphins: Jimmy Johnson --

Jimmy Johnson signed a 4 year, $8 million dollar contract today to become the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, making him the highest paid coach in the NFL. Johnson will be only the 3rd Head Coach in the 30 year history of the team.

Johnson, who showed up for work at 8 AM this morning, even before the contract was signed, will have total control over all day-to-day operations of the team.

Johnson said that his first task will be to select a coaching staff and begin evaluating talent for the draft in April. He also must make a number of decisions about which of the Dolphins' free agents will be re-signed in the coming season.

My Comments:

I'm glad that Jimmy Johnson is the Dolphins' new Head Coach. The coming off-season should be one of the most interesting and exciting in the history of the team.

As far as possible assistant coaches are concerned, some names being thrown around are Joe Bugel, Hudson Houck (from Dallas) and Joe Avezzano (also from Dallas).

Well, DolFans - here we go.....