Michael Lee McDaniel, more popularly known as Mike McDaniel, is the head coach of the National Football League NFL team, the Miami Dolphins. During his playing days, he used to play as a wide receiver for the Yale Bulldogs football team (Yale University). He has a degree in history.
Mile McDaniel started out his coaching career with the Denver Broncos back in 2005 as a coaching intern. McDaniels has been involved with a lot of teams so far, which include the Houston Texans, the San Francisco 49ers, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Washington Redskins. He got his first head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins in 2022.
Mike McDaniel has had a decent head coach career up until now, with a win percentage of 60.7%. In the 28 games that he has overlooked, the Miami Dolphins have won 17 of them and lost 11. McDaniel has reached two Super Bowls as an assistant coach, once with the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI and then again with the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.
Mike McDaniel threatened a running back when he was coach to dance with his would be wife
Mike McDaniel is married to his wife, Katie Hemstalk, and the two of them have a daughter together as well. They got married back in 2014 and had their daughter, Alya June, in 2020. Hemstalk has been with Mike McDaniel for a very long time and has supported him throughout his coaching career.
She studied at California Polytechnic State University. Currently, Katie Hemstalk is a homemaker and takes care of their daughter. However, it has been reported that she used to work as a professional esthetician and cosmetologist before getting married.
Al Michaels shares that Mike McDaniel stole a girl from one of his own players and ended up marrying her 😄pic.twitter.com/wgAiBLUBInhttps://t.co/Kg9wYKHHbT pic.twitter.com/qCpxgH9PHI
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 24, 2023
The story about how Mike McDaniel met his wife, Katie Hemstalk, is a pretty interesting one as well. The incident was narrated by commentator AI Michaels after the Miami Dolphins defeated the New York Jets on November 24th, 2023. Mike McDaniel met his wife back in 2010 when he was working with the Sacramento Mountain Lions as a running backs coach.
AI Michaels narrated that one of the running backs from the team was dancing with a girl in a nightclub when McDaniel approached him and told him not to. When the running back asked why not, McDaniel replied by saying he wouldn’t be on the team anymore if he continued to dance with the girl. And finally, Mike McDaniel himself starts to sway with the lady, who later becomes his wife!
“He’s the running backs coach. They blow out Omaha. They go to a nightclub to celebrate. One of the running backs he coaches is dancing with a girl. And Mike said,’ Listen, you are not dancing with her anymore, or you are not playing with this team next year.’ So the guy says,’ Well, what can I do?’ So then McDaniel starts dancing with her. That’s the beginning of the story. Four years later, they were married. Katie. That’s how he met her. ‘Hey you, get off.’ I’m dancing with her,” AI Michaels said.
Mike McDaniel is currently one of the most stylish coaches with an aggressive playing mindset. He has a net worth of approximately $5 million. McDaniel earns a base salary of $3.5 million annually.