Brian Flores

Team: MINType: DefensiveTenure: 3 years (2023-2026)

HC Record: 24-25 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

New England Patriots

Other Notable Asst.

2004-085 yrs

New England Patriots

Asst. Offense

2009-102 yrs

New England Patriots

Defensive Assistant

2011-155 yrs

New England Patriots

Linebackers

2016-183 yrs

Miami Dolphins

Head Coach

2019-213 yrs

Pittsburgh Steelers

Linebackers

20221 yr

Minnesota Vikings

Defensive Coordinator

2023-253 yrs

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2025	Defensive Coordinator	MIN	9-8	Kevin O'Connell	Wes Phillips	Brian Flores	J.J. McCarthy(9.25)	Carson Wentz(4.75)	Jordan Mason(14.50)	Justin Jefferson(16.75)	Jordan Addison(13.75)
2024	Defensive Coordinator	MIN	14-3	Kevin O'Connell	Wes Phillips	Brian Flores	Sam Darnold(17.00)	—	Aaron Jones(16.00)	Justin Jefferson(16.75)	Jordan Addison(14.50)
2023	Defensive Coordinator	MIN	7-10	Kevin O'Connell	Wes Phillips	Brian Flores	Kirk Cousins(8.00)	Joshua Dobbs(4.75)	Alexander Mattison(15.00)	Jordan Addison(16.25)	T.J. Hockenson(14.75)
2022	Other Notable Asst.	PIT	9-8	Mike Tomlin	Matt Canada	Teryl Austin	Kenny Pickett(11.50)	Mitchell Trubisky(6.00)	Najee Harris(16.50)	George Pickens(17.00)	Diontae Johnson(17.00)
2021	Head Coach	MIA	9-8	Brian Flores	George Godsey	Josh Boyer	Tua Tagovailoa(11.75)	Jacoby Brissett(7.50)	Myles Gaskin(16.75)	Jaylen Waddle(16.00)	Mike Gesicki(17.00)

Coach Impact

Note: only calculated for first year upon arrival — take results with a grain of salt.

Percentiles

Miami Dolphins (2019–2021)

Head Coach

Playbook Fingerprint

↑Pass Rate OEX +0.09⁹⁶↓Horizontal% -7.2%⁵↓No-Huddle% -7.9%⁷

	Before (2018)	First Year (2019)	Delta
OFFENSE
Scripted EPA	-0.087²³	-0.035³⁸	▲ +0.052⁶³
RZ P/V	4.9³⁸	5.0⁴⁵	▲ +0.1⁵⁶
3&Out%	35.8%²⁰	33.9%³¹	▼ -1.9%⁶¹
Penalty EPA	2.2²⁶	7.2⁵⁹	▲ +5.0³¹
Pass EPA	-0.107⁸	-0.027²⁸	▲ +0.080⁷²
Rush EPA	-0.074⁴⁶	-0.204²	▼ -0.130⁵
xRY	4.31⁸¹	3.87³⁶	▼ -0.44⁶
RYOE	0.60⁸⁶	-1.03⁰	▼ -1.63⁰
YAC OEX	0.78⁷⁸	0.03¹⁴	▼ -0.76⁷
xYAC OEX	-0.02⁴⁸	-0.12⁴²	▼ -0.10⁴⁷
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	5.0⁵⁷	5.4²³	▲ +0.4²⁴
3&Out%	26.1%¹⁵	28.2%²⁸	▲ +2.1%⁶⁴
TO Rate	2.5%⁸³	1.2%⁷	▼ -1.3%²
Penalty EPA	9.0³⁵	6.8⁴⁷	▼ -2.2⁶²
Pass EPA	0.138¹⁸	0.233²	▲ +0.095²²
Rush EPA	-0.059⁴⁴	-0.003¹⁶	▲ +0.056²⁴
xRY Allowed	4.17³⁴	4.47⁸	▲ +0.30²³
RYOE Allowed	0.47²³	0.03⁵²	▼ -0.44⁸⁴
YAC OEX Allowed	1.17⁰	0.69¹⁸	▼ -0.48⁹³
xYAC OEX Allowed	-0.04⁶¹	-0.21⁸⁶	▼ -0.17⁷⁴

Minnesota Vikings (2023–2025)

Defensive Coordinator

	Before (2022)	First Year (2023)	Delta
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	5.1⁴⁵	5.0⁵⁹	▼ -0.1⁶¹
3&Out%	22.5%³	32.8%⁶⁴	▲ +10.3%⁹⁶
TO Rate	2.1%⁶⁰	1.9%⁴⁵	▼ -0.2%³⁶
Penalty EPA	6.7⁴⁸	2.3⁶⁷	▼ -4.4⁷²
Pass EPA	0.050⁴⁸	0.019⁶⁴	▼ -0.031⁵⁸
Rush EPA	-0.056⁴²	-0.102⁶⁹	▼ -0.046⁷³
xRY Allowed	4.03⁴⁹	3.77⁶⁹	▼ -0.26⁸¹
RYOE Allowed	0.03⁵¹	-0.10⁷⁹	▼ -0.13⁶⁸
YAC OEX Allowed	0.43⁵⁶	0.40⁶¹	▼ -0.03⁶⁰
xYAC OEX Allowed	0.07³⁶	0.03⁴²	▼ -0.03⁵¹

Coaching Signature

Heavy ShotgunHeavy 12 PersonnelLight 11 PersonnelLight Screen GameSpread xFP DistributionPass-Heavy (vs Expected)Weak Run GameDisciplined OffenseStrong Defense

Core Efficiency

PercentilesGraph

Pass/Rush Splits

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2025	DC	MIN	50.2%	-0.107	39.9%	0.011	0.01	0.37	45.0%	-0.064	41.6%	0.020	3.50	0.48	4.8%	0.089
2024	DC	MIN	64.9%	-0.034	44.0%	-0.013	0.11	0.40	31.2%	-0.127	37.3%	0.003	4.28	0.20	3.9%	-0.184
2023	DC	MIN	60.9%	0.019	44.1%	0.031	0.03	0.40	33.9%	-0.102	39.7%	-0.013	3.77	-0.10	5.2%	0.129
2021	HC	MIA	62.0%	-0.015	43.5%	-0.044	-0.22	0.23	33.5%	-0.047	39.1%	-0.026	4.12	0.49	4.5%	0.261
2020	HC	MIA	60.3%	-0.045	46.7%	-0.018	-0.10	0.66	34.1%	-0.069	41.4%	-0.021	4.30	0.13	5.6%	0.538

Scheme

PercentilesEPA PctileGraph

Year	Role	Team	Shotgun%	Under Center %	RPO%	PA%	Motion%	1R%	Horiz%	Screen%	WR Tgt%	RB Tgt%	TE Tgt%	11 Pers	12 Pers	13 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2021	HC	MIA	71.6%	28.5%	16.9%	22.7%	—	—	58.4%	6.5%	54.8%	15.9%	29.1%	26.7%	62.4%	4.8%	0.7%	52.1%
2020	HC	MIA	69.5%	31.9%	7.1%	20.0%	—	—	56.2%	3.8%	55.4%	19.7%	24.6%	29.0%	21.1%	3.1%	28.4%	52.6%
2019	HC	MIA	43.6%	56.4%	3.4%	12.0%	—	—	49.8%	6.6%	60.3%	20.0%	19.0%	58.0%	23.8%	2.7%	7.7%	51.2%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Low PC%	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2021	HC	MIA	63.6	14.0%	0.1	26.2%	27.7	63.4%	2.1%	11.7%	8.6%	30.1%	79.4%
2020	HC	MIA	62.7	14.1%	-0.1	35.7%	29.7	62.1%	3.0%	7.9%	8.8%	32.6%	86.5%
2019	HC	MIA	63.1	6.3%	0.3	28.2%	27.9	70.4%	5.3%	13.0%	14.3%	34.3%	83.8%

Brian Flores

Team: MINType: DefensiveTenure: 3 years (2023-2026)

HC Record: 24-25 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

New England Patriots

Other Notable Asst.

2004-085 yrs

New England Patriots

Asst. Offense

2009-102 yrs

New England Patriots

Defensive Assistant

2011-155 yrs

New England Patriots

Linebackers

2016-183 yrs

Miami Dolphins

Head Coach

2019-213 yrs

Pittsburgh Steelers

Linebackers

20221 yr

Minnesota Vikings

Defensive Coordinator

2023-253 yrs

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2025	Defensive Coordinator	MIN	9-8	Kevin O'Connell	Wes Phillips	Brian Flores	J.J. McCarthy(9.25)	Carson Wentz(4.75)	Jordan Mason(14.50)	Justin Jefferson(16.75)	Jordan Addison(13.75)
2024	Defensive Coordinator	MIN	14-3	Kevin O'Connell	Wes Phillips	Brian Flores	Sam Darnold(17.00)	—	Aaron Jones(16.00)	Justin Jefferson(16.75)	Jordan Addison(14.50)
2023	Defensive Coordinator	MIN	7-10	Kevin O'Connell	Wes Phillips	Brian Flores	Kirk Cousins(8.00)	Joshua Dobbs(4.75)	Alexander Mattison(15.00)	Jordan Addison(16.25)	T.J. Hockenson(14.75)
2022	Other Notable Asst.	PIT	9-8	Mike Tomlin	Matt Canada	Teryl Austin	Kenny Pickett(11.50)	Mitchell Trubisky(6.00)	Najee Harris(16.50)	George Pickens(17.00)	Diontae Johnson(17.00)
2021	Head Coach	MIA	9-8	Brian Flores	George Godsey	Josh Boyer	Tua Tagovailoa(11.75)	Jacoby Brissett(7.50)	Myles Gaskin(16.75)	Jaylen Waddle(16.00)	Mike Gesicki(17.00)

Coach Impact

Note: only calculated for first year upon arrival — take results with a grain of salt.

Percentiles

Miami Dolphins (2019–2021)

Head Coach

Playbook Fingerprint

↑Pass Rate OEX +0.09⁹⁶↓Horizontal% -7.2%⁵↓No-Huddle% -7.9%⁷

	Before (2018)	First Year (2019)	Delta
OFFENSE
Scripted EPA	-0.087²³	-0.035³⁸	▲ +0.052⁶³
RZ P/V	4.9³⁸	5.0⁴⁵	▲ +0.1⁵⁶
3&Out%	35.8%²⁰	33.9%³¹	▼ -1.9%⁶¹
Penalty EPA	2.2²⁶	7.2⁵⁹	▲ +5.0³¹
Pass EPA	-0.107⁸	-0.027²⁸	▲ +0.080⁷²
Rush EPA	-0.074⁴⁶	-0.204²	▼ -0.130⁵
xRY	4.31⁸¹	3.87³⁶	▼ -0.44⁶
RYOE	0.60⁸⁶	-1.03⁰	▼ -1.63⁰
YAC OEX	0.78⁷⁸	0.03¹⁴	▼ -0.76⁷
xYAC OEX	-0.02⁴⁸	-0.12⁴²	▼ -0.10⁴⁷
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	5.0⁵⁷	5.4²³	▲ +0.4²⁴
3&Out%	26.1%¹⁵	28.2%²⁸	▲ +2.1%⁶⁴
TO Rate	2.5%⁸³	1.2%⁷	▼ -1.3%²
Penalty EPA	9.0³⁵	6.8⁴⁷	▼ -2.2⁶²
Pass EPA	0.138¹⁸	0.233²	▲ +0.095²²
Rush EPA	-0.059⁴⁴	-0.003¹⁶	▲ +0.056²⁴
xRY Allowed	4.17³⁴	4.47⁸	▲ +0.30²³
RYOE Allowed	0.47²³	0.03⁵²	▼ -0.44⁸⁴
YAC OEX Allowed	1.17⁰	0.69¹⁸	▼ -0.48⁹³
xYAC OEX Allowed	-0.04⁶¹	-0.21⁸⁶	▼ -0.17⁷⁴

Minnesota Vikings (2023–2025)

Defensive Coordinator

	Before (2022)	First Year (2023)	Delta
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	5.1⁴⁵	5.0⁵⁹	▼ -0.1⁶¹
3&Out%	22.5%³	32.8%⁶⁴	▲ +10.3%⁹⁶
TO Rate	2.1%⁶⁰	1.9%⁴⁵	▼ -0.2%³⁶
Penalty EPA	6.7⁴⁸	2.3⁶⁷	▼ -4.4⁷²
Pass EPA	0.050⁴⁸	0.019⁶⁴	▼ -0.031⁵⁸
Rush EPA	-0.056⁴²	-0.102⁶⁹	▼ -0.046⁷³
xRY Allowed	4.03⁴⁹	3.77⁶⁹	▼ -0.26⁸¹
RYOE Allowed	0.03⁵¹	-0.10⁷⁹	▼ -0.13⁶⁸
YAC OEX Allowed	0.43⁵⁶	0.40⁶¹	▼ -0.03⁶⁰
xYAC OEX Allowed	0.07³⁶	0.03⁴²	▼ -0.03⁵¹

Coaching Signature

Heavy ShotgunHeavy 12 PersonnelLight 11 PersonnelLight Screen GameSpread xFP DistributionPass-Heavy (vs Expected)Weak Run GameDisciplined OffenseStrong Defense

Core Efficiency

PercentilesGraph

Pass/Rush Splits

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2025	DC	MIN	50.2%	-0.107	39.9%	0.011	0.01	0.37	45.0%	-0.064	41.6%	0.020	3.50	0.48	4.8%	0.089
2024	DC	MIN	64.9%	-0.034	44.0%	-0.013	0.11	0.40	31.2%	-0.127	37.3%	0.003	4.28	0.20	3.9%	-0.184
2023	DC	MIN	60.9%	0.019	44.1%	0.031	0.03	0.40	33.9%	-0.102	39.7%	-0.013	3.77	-0.10	5.2%	0.129
2021	HC	MIA	62.0%	-0.015	43.5%	-0.044	-0.22	0.23	33.5%	-0.047	39.1%	-0.026	4.12	0.49	4.5%	0.261
2020	HC	MIA	60.3%	-0.045	46.7%	-0.018	-0.10	0.66	34.1%	-0.069	41.4%	-0.021	4.30	0.13	5.6%	0.538

Scheme

PercentilesEPA PctileGraph

Year	Role	Team	Shotgun%	Under Center %	RPO%	PA%	Motion%	1R%	Horiz%	Screen%	WR Tgt%	RB Tgt%	TE Tgt%	11 Pers	12 Pers	13 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2021	HC	MIA	71.6%	28.5%	16.9%	22.7%	—	—	58.4%	6.5%	54.8%	15.9%	29.1%	26.7%	62.4%	4.8%	0.7%	52.1%
2020	HC	MIA	69.5%	31.9%	7.1%	20.0%	—	—	56.2%	3.8%	55.4%	19.7%	24.6%	29.0%	21.1%	3.1%	28.4%	52.6%
2019	HC	MIA	43.6%	56.4%	3.4%	12.0%	—	—	49.8%	6.6%	60.3%	20.0%	19.0%	58.0%	23.8%	2.7%	7.7%	51.2%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Low PC%	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2021	HC	MIA	63.6	14.0%	0.1	26.2%	27.7	63.4%	2.1%	11.7%	8.6%	30.1%	79.4%
2020	HC	MIA	62.7	14.1%	-0.1	35.7%	29.7	62.1%	3.0%	7.9%	8.8%	32.6%	86.5%
2019	HC	MIA	63.1	6.3%	0.3	28.2%	27.9	70.4%	5.3%	13.0%	14.3%	34.3%	83.8%