Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel once threatened to cut a player who was dancing with his future wife

The star of the NFL’s first-ever “Black Friday” game was Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel. The reason, however, had nothing to do with Miami’s 34-13 thumping of the Jets. 

During Amazon’s broadcast, play-by-play legend Al Michaels divulged considerable air time to Miami’s second-year head coach. After breaking down McDaniel’s unique wardrobe, Michaels shared a story about how McDaniel met his future wife after threatening to cut a player. 

The story dates to 2010 when McDaniel was the running backs coach for the United Football League’s Sacramento Mountain Lions. That season, the team went to a club to celebrate a win over Omaha. 

We’ll let Michaels take it from here. 

“One of the running backs that he coaches is dancing with a girl, and Mike says, ‘Listen, you’re not dancing with her anymore or you’re not playing with his team next year. So the guy says, ‘What can I do? 

“So then McDaniel starts dancing with her. That’s the beginning of the story. Four years later, they’re married. Katie, that’s how he met her.” 

Michaels’ story only adds to the legend of McDaniel, a former Yale walk-on receiver whose first taste of the NFL was as a ballboy for the Denver Broncos in the mid-1990s.