Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier walks on the field prior to the game between the Miami Dolphins and the Tennessee Titans at Hard Rock Stadium. Jasen Vinlove / Imagn Images

The Miami Dolphins and general manager Chris Grier have agreed to part ways, the team announced Friday, one day after the Dolphins fell to 2-7 after their 28-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday.

The Miami Dolphins and general manager Chris Grier have mutually agreed to part ways. pic.twitter.com/pEoBprg8cn

— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) October 31, 2025

Grier had been the general manager in Miami since 2016. He has been with the Dolphins organization since the turn of the century, beginning as a scout in 2000 after he spent 1994 as an intern with the New England Patriots and had a five-year run with the Patriots as a scout from 1995 to 1999. Grier served as a Dolphins scout from 2000 to 2002 before being promoted to the assistant director of college scouting. He was the director of college scouting from 2007 to 2015 before being elevated to the GM position in 2016.

Under Grier as the general manager, the Dolphins saw instant results, making the playoffs in 2016 for the first time since 2008. However, the success was neither sustained nor consistent over the remainder of his run, with Miami missing the postseason the next five seasons. The Dolphins made the playoffs in 2022 and 2023 in the first two seasons under Mike McDaniel but lost in the wild-card round each year, falling 34-31 to the Buffalo Bills in 2022 and 26-7 to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2023.

Overall, during Grier’s nine full seasons as general manager, the Dolphins made the playoffs three times but still have the NFL’s longest drought without a postseason victory, which extends to 2000. Miami never won the AFC East with Grier in charge, but finished in second place six times.

When Grier became the general manager in 2016, the Dolphins were coming off a 2015 season in which they had fired head coach Joe Philbin after a 1-3 start to the season. Dan Campbell was the interim head coach and went 5-7 the rest of the way.

Grier made Adam Gase his first head coaching hire in 2016. Gase went 23-25 over three seasons, including a wild-card appearance in his first year, before he was fired at the end of the 2018 campaign. Grier then hired Brian Flores in 2019, and he also lasted three years before he was fired in 2021 after three seasons without a playoff berth.

Grier’s final head coaching hire in Miami was McDaniel in 2022, and the Dolphins immediately made those two trips to the playoffs. But they went 8-9 last season, and their well-documented struggles to start this season led to Grier’s departure.

Oct 31, 2025

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