Story byARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 09: ESPN football broadcaster Troy Aikman visits the sidelines before the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cincinnati Bengals on December 9, 2024 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire NFL, American Football Herren, USA DEC 09 Bengals at Cowboys EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon1692412095126 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireShubhi RathoreMon, January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM UTC·3 min readAfter the Dolphins’ regular season ended with their playoff hopes officially being over for this season, Mike McDaniel said, “I’m the head coach of the Miami Dolphins until told otherwise.”He was told otherwise just three days after that. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNow, a childhood friend of McDaniel reveals that Troy Aikman might have had something to do with the firing of the former head coach.“Troy Aikman got Mike [McDaniel] fired. (Because) Aikman’s helping them with the GM search,” comedian Dan Soder, McDaniel’s friend, said on the Soder Podcast on January 13.
