MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins, according to a league source, have parted ways with assistant coach Ryan Crow, who was arrested in late August on domestic battery charges that were later dropped.
Crow, who previously held the position of outside linebackers coach for the Dolphins, has been removed from the Dolphins’ website listing of members of the coaching staff, with a source confirming he’s no longer affiliated with the team.
On Aug. 29, as the Dolphins had wrapped up training camp and were preparing for the start of the regular season, Crow was arrested for, according to a Fort Lauderdale police report, slapping his live-in girlfriend and leaving her looking “terrified” and sounding as if she were “whimpering.”
According to the report, the dispute between Crow and his girlfriend began the night before at a “work party” where she felt neglected by other team employees and their wives. Crow is married and separated, according to the report, and had moved in with the girlfriend near downtown Fort Lauderdale.
On Oct. 1, Broward prosecutors declined to file charges against Crow.
Later that day, coach Mike McDaniel said there was not yet any change in Crow’s standing with the team, citing the NFL still had its own pending investigation into the incident.
“No status change with the team. We won’t even bridge that until the league is done with their process,” McDaniel said then.
Sean Ryan, a senior defensive assistant, has taken over to fill the void left behind by Crow in leading Dolphins outside linebackers.
The unit has been a productive one in leading Miami’s pass rush. Bradley Chubb leads the team with 6 ½ sacks as a starter in all 13 games this season. After Jaelan Phillips was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles after nine games, second-year edge rusher Chop Robinson has seen more playing time, with 2 ½ of his 3 ½ sacks this season coming in the last two games, along with a forced fumble in last Sunday’s win against the New York Jets.
Crow joined the Dolphins’ coaching staff in 2024 after spending the previous six years as an assistant coach with the Tennessee Titans.
