Wednesday marks a week since the Miami Dolphins‘ defensive coordinator role became vacant, with the team and Vic Fangio mutually agreeing to part ways as Fangio bolted for the same position with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Since a number of candidates have emerged, with some from within the Dolphins’ remaining defensive coaching staff and others from the outside.

Below is a look at candidates who either have already interviewed for Miami’s defensive coordinator job or are reportedly going to.

The Dolphins were also linked to the Buffalo Bills’ Bobby Babich, but the linebackers coach was promoted Tuesday to defensive coordinator in Buffalo, where he will now stay.

Anthony Campanile

The Dolphins linebackers coach, who was already an internal candidate who interviewed for last offseason’s defensive coordinator vacancy before it went to Fangio, is back in the mix again. After he also interviewed for the New York Giants’ defensive coordinator job earlier this offseason, Campanile had his Miami interview Monday, according to KPRC2 in Houston.

Campanile, 41, has been linebackers coach in Miami since 2020, so he’s been in Fangio’s system as well as previous defensive coordinator Josh Boyer and former coach Brian Flores. Those are drastically different schemes, in terms of propensity to play man coverage versus zone and in blitz rates, so it would be interesting to see what his personal philosophy is.

Campanile has risen to a national spotlight with the way he was featured on HBO series “Hard Knocks,” specifically for a passionate speech given to the team in the debut episode of the season covering the Dolphins.

Campanile, in speaking with the media during the team’s season, noted that he was honored to be considered last year and how beneficial it has been to work under Fangio in 2023. He also was the coach sending the defensive calls in to the middle linebacker from the field, relaying them from Fangio upstairs this past season.

Leslie Frazier

Frazier, turning 65 in April, got a look for the Dolphins’ head coaching vacancy that went to Mike McDaniel in 2022. Now, McDaniel could be interested in having him lead his defense in Miami.

Frazier surfaced Monday, according to an ESPN report saying he would interview this week. That interview happened Tuesday, per KPRC2.

Frazier just took a year off from coaching. He was Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator for six seasons starting in 2017, leading a lot of stout defenses. Turning to him could offer valuable insight into a division rival the Dolphins need to overcome to reach their aspirations.

Frazier was also been a head coach for three-plus seasons in Minnesota and was a former defensive coordinator of the Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals after first cracking the NFL assistant coach ranks as a defensive backs coach with the Eagles in 1999.

Chris Kiffin

A couple of young up-and-coming defensive coaches that have ties at a previous stop with McDaniel also emerged Tuesday.

Kiffin, 42, who is currently linebackers coach with the Houston Texans, was on the 49ers’ coaching staff for two seasons while McDaniel was in San Francisco. They were together in 2018 and 2019, which means the 49ers’ last run to a Super Bowl before winning this year’s NFC title, and Kiffin held the role of pass rush specialist.

Kiffin, who is the younger brother of famed coach Lane Kiffin, has a local tie to the elder Kiffin’s time in South Florida, as his defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2017 with the Owls.

After time with the 49ers, Chris Kiffin was Cleveland Browns defensive line coach from 2020 through 2022 before getting the job with the Texans. McDaniel and the Dolphins had a week in Houston last August for joint practices and a preseason game, and he probably got a look at how Kiffin leads his linebackers, plus he might have the backing of Texans coach DeMeco Ryans, whom McDaniel also knows from time with the 49ers.

Kiffin is set to interview Friday, according to NFL Network.

Ryan Slowik

The two Slowik brothers are fast risers in the NFL coaching ranks. As Bobby Slowik has received head coach interest this cycle after one season as Texans offensive coordinator, Ryan Slowik is moving on up in Miami.

Slowik got the outside linebackers coach job last season after a successful first season under McDaniel as senior defensive assistant in 2022, and now he’s in the mix for another promotion. He was interviewed Monday, according to KPRC2.

Slowik’s unit was a big reason the Dolphins set a franchise record for sacks in a season in 2023, leading the talents of Bradley Chubb and Jaelan Phillips, along with Andrew Van Ginkel, before the group was devastated by injuries late in the season.

Before his recent run in Miami, Slowik was also a defensive assistant with the Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets and Browns.

Brandon Staley

The former Chargers head coach was the first name to emerge for Dolphins defensive coordinator, and he interviewed Monday, according to NFL Network. Staley is also due to interview with the Los Angeles Rams for his old job as defensive coordinator there before he became a head coach. That position is open because Raheem Morris got the head job in Atlanta.

Staley and McDaniel dueled in their two matchups as head coaches the past two seasons. Staley’s game plan in a December 2022 Sunday night game stifled the Dolphins offense, but McDaniel’s offense got the best of Staley’s defense in the 2023 opener.

Before taking over the Chargers and getting the boot three years in, a tenure that involved a lot of questionable game management decisions, Staley, 41, had a fast rise in the ranks after one season as Rams defensive coordinator in 2020. Before that, he was outside linebackers coach under Fangio with the Broncos in 2019 and in Chicago the two years before that.

Anthony Weaver

The Baltimore Ravens’ defensive line coach and associate head coach will interview for Miami’s defensive coordinator role this week, according to The Athletic, after he was interviewing with the Washington Commanders for their vacant head job.

McDaniel’s one season in Cleveland in 2014 linked him to Weaver. He was defensive line coach with the Browns that year and the next. Then, Weaver held the same role with the Texans for the next four seasons and was Houston defensive coordinator in 2020.

McDaniel has had success finding an assistant he previously had with him at another stop. Last offseason, he hired Butch Barry, maligned at the time, after working with him in San Francisco. Barry did a fine job with a Dolphins line, even as a slew of injuries swapped different blockers in and out of the lineup. …

— The Dolphins also reportedly requested to interview Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, who is also getting a look for head coaching vacancies, but the Panthers blocked the interview for a lateral move, according to The Athletic.