A couple of days ago, the Miami Dolphins hired assistant coaches Phil McGeoghan and Lou Anarumo as they continue to build head coach Joe Philbin's staff. McGeoghan left his position as the USF wide receivers coach to take the Dolphins position as an assistant receivers coach. Anarumo was hired out of the Purdue defensive backs position, but it was not yet clear if he would be filling the same role with the Dolphins.

Today, the Dolphins officially announced both hires, appointing Anarumo as the team's defensive backs coach. They also added an additional assistant coach, Ken O'Keefe being hired as the team's wide receivers coach. O'Keefe has spent the last 13 seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of Iowa.

When he was introduced as the Dolphins head coach, Philbin asked at his introductory press conference who his coaching influences were. He replied:

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Here are the Miami Dolphins news stories from around the web you may have missed over the last 24 hours:

Dolphins Head Coach:

Who is Joe Philbin? Former Iowa players Brian Ferentz, Matt Bowen explain what makes the new Miami Dolphins coach tick | The Daily Dolphin
Fortunately we’ve come across two of his former players in the last two weeks – Patriots tight ends coach Brian Ferentz, son of Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, and former Redskins safety Matt Bowen, now an analyst with NationalFootballPost and the Chicago Tribune, among others.

Dolphins Coaching Staff:

Miami defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle views Super matchup from afar | SILive.com
Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle’s not even sure if he’ll be able to watch the Super Bowl, much less feel comfortable about making a prediction.

Ken O'Keefe leaves Iowa for NFL's Dolphins - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN
Iowa is now in the market for both an offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator.

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Well that's another week in the books. Hopefully everyone here had a good one and accomplished something this week. I personally have been super busy for a change.

So last week Mosul started our new Friday night live thread series (borrowed from Arrowhead Pride) "Victory Of The Week". Basically the idea is that you come and tell us about your personal victory of the week. It could be huge or something small like mine.

Well mine was small and huge at the same time. I was told by one shop that I needed $1,500 worth of work to my car. So I decided to drive it an hour away to a shop near where I used to live. I had a buddy that lived in the area come and pick me up and we went to lunch. An hour later the shop called. It was just a switch that cost me $68 to replace. Man nothing is more valuable then an honest service professional! Now that I think about it that was HUGE for me as money is a bit tight right now.

So what's your story for the week? What was your personal victory of the week? Did you overcome something or accomplish something big or small this week?

Marshall admitted that he has already talked to soon-to-be free agent Matt Flynn about coming to Miami:

"You've got some guys in the draft, but there's not too many guys out there just walking the streets," Marshall said. "Matt [Flynn] is available. ... We've talked. I reached out to him. I get it from Ray Lewis. Around this time of year, players talk to players."

Apparently, Marshall isn't done in his recruiting of a new quarterback. Today, Marshall was working with the Indianapolis Colts' future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning in Indianapolis for the Build Our Kids' Success program at the Super Bowl site. Coincidentally, Manning is expected to be released by the Colts between now and his $28 million roster bonus on March 8. And, Marshall would not miss the opportunity to recruit.

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It's that time of the week again. Previously we have discussed potential free agent targets at QB and WR. Since many think Miami should upgrade the TE position and replace Anthony Fasano with a TE that can stretch the field more, I will take a look at some TE targets. Unfortunately, the depth at TE isn't as deep as it is at WR in free agency.

Jermichael Finley: The best TE available in free agency, it is likely Finley will receive the franchise tag if he doesn't agree to terms with Green Bay. Finley is essentially a big-bodied WR playing TE. He has great body control when getting up for the ball and can make the toughest of catches. He would undoubtedly be an upgrade with his receiving capabilities, but he lacks the run support ability Fasano has.

Fred Davis: He surpassed Chris Cooley as Washington's go-to TE last year, but he comes with a risk. He was suspended for four games in 2011 for drug use and is once incident away from being suspended for an entire season. He's a great threat in the receiving game, but he also offers limited ability in run support.

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Here are the Miami Dolphins news stories from around the web you may have missed over the last 24 hours:

Dolphins Coaching Staff:

Dolphins Name Jim Turner Offensive Line Coach, Retain Four Coaches
The Miami Dolphins today named Jim Turner as their offensive line coach, while also announcing that defensive quality control coach David Corrao, assistant special teams coordinator Dave Fipp, assistant strength coach Dave Puloka and defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers have been retained on Head Coach Joe Philbin’s staff for the upcoming season.

Purdue coach leaves for Miami Dolphins | Journal and Courier | jconline.com
Purdue defensive backs Lou Anarumo is leaving the program to join the coaching staff of the Miami Dolphins.

Miami Dolphins: What’s the status of Kacy Rodgers – Miami Dolphins – Sun-Sentinel
Got to admit I’m a bit puzzled, if not stumped. And pretty soon I’ll be concerned.

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The life-changing piece of literature known as Todd McShay's mock draft 2.0 was released yesterday on ESPN's website, and while I have next-to-no use for ESPN at this point, I have to admit that McShay's latest mock draft is the best I've seen thus far in 2012. It also helps that he doesn't have the Dolphins taking a player who will return to school less than 24 hours after the mock draft is released (his previous mock had us taking Matt Barkley).

This time, Big Head Todd (I've got pages of this stuff. You'll see) has Miami addressing its sickly pass rush and selecting South Carolina defensive end Melvin Ingram. Ingram is coming off of a Senior Bowl week in which he routinely smacked around his competition and looked unblockable during one-on-one drills, and he's right behind North Carolina's Quinton Coples as the best defensive end in this draft class. Ingram (6'2", 270) is a "tweener" prospect who will project as an outstanding edge-rusher in the 3-4 scheme, but I see him more as a Dwight-Freeney-type defensive end. Ingram has boatloads of upside right now, and he showed much improvement as a run defender this season. Simply put, he'd be a valuable addition to the Dolphins' defense next season, regardless of scheme.

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Miami Dolphins legend, the newly retired Jason Taylor sent out an interesting tweet tonight. I'm not implying anything, but if anyone has Jeff Ireland or Joe Philbin's phone number, maybe you should try giving them a call...

The Miami Dolphins have continued to add coaches to Joe Philbin's fledgling staff. The team announced today that they are retaining four more of former head coach Tony Sparano's staff, bringing the total number of retained coaches to seven.

The Dolphins will continue to employ defensive line coach Kacy Ridgers, assistant special teams coordinator Dave Fipp, defensive quality control coach David Corrao, and assistant strength coach Dave Puloka. They will join special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi, tight end coach Dan Campbell, and strength coach Darren Krein as members who are staying with the new coaching regime.

The Dolphins also brought George Edwards, who had served the last two years as the Buffalo Bills' defensive coordinator, back to the team to fill the same role he had under Sparano, linebackers coach.

Joining the Dolphins staff today are two new coaching hires:

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