Muschamp was defensive coordinator for six seasons at Auburn and LSU. During those seasons, his defenses ranked among the nation's top 10 in total defense four times and scoring defense three times. In 2005, he was the Miami Dolphins' assistant head coach for defense.

Already considered one of the top young assistants in the college game, many view Muschamp's move to Texas as stepping stone to becoming a head coach.

Former Texas coordinators Greg Robinson (Syracuse) and Gene

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -A teenager who claims in a lawsuit that she had an almost two-year sexual relationship with former Miami Dolphins player Marcus Vick is hoping Vick's imprisoned brother, Michael Vick, will corroborate her claims.

In papers filed in Carroll County Circuit Court this week, the 18-year-old woman asked a judge to compel the former Atlanta quarterback to give a sworn statement.

Michael Vick is serving a 23-month sentence on a federal dogfighting conviction.

The woman, who was 17 when s

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -New Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland says the team moved quickly to hire David Lee as quarterbacks coach because of the job's importance, even though the head coaching position remains vacant.

Lee is a former Dallas Cowboys assistant.

``There was an urgency to find the right person to coach the most important position on the team,'' Ireland said in a statement. ``We didn't want to lose the ability to add someone as talented as David to our staff, so when he became available

Earlier this season, he playfully expressed his envy for the cushier lives of pals Bill Cowher, now a TV analyst, and Bill Parcells, now an executive with the Miami Dolphins.

But Hasselbeck can't see retirement in Holmgren's immediate plans. He's too close to his fire - a fire Favre warned Hasselbeck about after Holmgren traded for Favre's backup to become the Seahawks' starter in 2001.

Holmgren, a former quarterbac

The careers of Austin and Lee touched briefly at Ole Miss. Lee was the quarterbacks coach under Steve Sloan from 1978-82 and Austin was a quarterback in Oxford from 1981-85. Austin is the Rebels No. 3 career passing leader with 6,184 ya

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -Rex Ryan became the third candidate to interview for the Miami Dolphins' head coaching job Tuesday.

The former Baltimore defensive coordinator has also interviewed for the Ravens' head job. He and the rest of the Baltimore coaching staff were fired, along with coach Brian Billick, following a 5-11 season.

The son of former NFL head coach Buddy Ryan, the 45-year-old Ryan coached the Ravens' defense to rankings of fifth, first and sixth the past three seasons.

Dallas Cowboys assistant

PHOENIX (AP) -Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley declined an invitation to interview for the head coaching job of the Miami Dolphins, and instead signed a contract extension with Arizona on Tuesday.

The 40-year-old coach's contract with the Cardinals now runs through the 2010 season. The deal is worth between $1 million and $1.5 million, making him one of the highest-paid offensive coordinators in the league and almost certainly the highest-paid assistant coach in the Cardinals' often-stingy hist

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -The Miami Dolphins hired a coach this week, just not a head coach.

David Lee has left Houston Nutt's staff at Mississippi to become the Dolphins' quarterbacks coach, Nutt said Tuesday. Lee will be rejoining his Bill Parcells, Miami's new vice president of football operations, for whom Lee worked with the Dallas Cowboys.

While the Dolphins have not announced Lee's hiring and declined comment Tuesday, it became public when Nutt started looking for a new offensive coordinator.

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