2009 Miami Dolphins season
| 2009 Miami Dolphins season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Tony Sparano |
| General manager | Jeff Ireland |
| Home field | Land Shark Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 7–9 |
| Division place | 3rd AFC East |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers | Yeremiah Bell, Dan Carpenter, Jake Long |
| AP All-Pros | Jake Long (2nd team) |
The 2009 Miami Dolphins season was the organization's 40th season in the National Football League and 44th overall. The Dolphins entered the 2009 season as the reigning AFC East champions after posting an 11–5 record in 2008. Dropping by four more games, from 2009 until 2015, the Dolphins failed to make the playoffs, marking the 25th consecutive year that the region hosting the Super Bowl would not see its host team play in it (not counting, of course, the years where Super Bowls have been played on neutral sites).
The Dolphins fired offensive line coach Mike Maser on January 14, 2009, just one year after he was hired to head coach Tony Sparano's staff. During Maser's lone season with the Dolphins, the team had the 12th-best offense in the league with 345.6 yards per game. A day after firing Maser, the team hired Dave DeGuglielmo, who had been the assistant offensive line coach for the New York Giants, as their new offensive line coach.
After kicking coach Steve Hoffman left the team to join the Kansas City Chiefs, the Dolphins hired University of Rhode Island head coach Darren Rizzi as the assistant special teams coach on February 21.
UFA: Unrestricted free agent, RFA: Restricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive-rights free agent
Originally slated to have the 26th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Dolphins' pick moved up one spot to 25th after the Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles made it to the NFC Championship. Both the Cardinals (9–7) and Eagles (9–6–1) were projected to pick before the Dolphins (11–5), but with one guaranteed to make the Super Bowl (and thus pick 31st or 32nd depending on the outcome) the Dolphins moved up one position in the draft.
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