http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/AFC/AFC+East/Miami/WWHI/2008/wwhi010109.htm

When executive VP of football operations Bill Parcells hired Tony Sparano to resurrect the floundering Fish, he was putting his faith in one of his top aides during his days in Dallas, despite the fact that few people outside “Big D” had much of an idea who Sparano was. The subsequent staff that Sparano assembled looked to be a hodgepodge of either similarly obscure coaches or retreads who had sullied their names after faltering in high-profile posts throughout the NFL and college landscapes.