"The Miami Dolphins have hired Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin as the franchise's 10th head coach.

Philbin was chosen over finalists Mike McCoy, offensive coordinator in Denver, and Todd Bowles, the Dolphins secondary coach, who was named interim head coach when Tony Sparano was fired with three games left in the season.

The three were interviewed for a second time this week after Jeff Fisher spurned the Dolphins for the head coach job in St. Louis.

"Joe has all the attributes that we were looking for when we started this process," Dolphins owner Steve Ross said about his decision. "(General Manager) Jeff Ireland and I felt Joe was the right choice to bring the Dolphins back to the success we enjoyed in the past."

Philbin will become Miami's seventh coach since the start of the 2004 season.

Ross has made no secret that he covets a sexy, high scoring offense for his franchise. Hiring Philbin could move the team in that direction.

Philbin's spent the past five years as the architect of the Green Bay Packer's west-coast style offense, which has ranked in the top eight in total yards and the top five in total points each of the five years. The Packers averaged 405.1 yards per game in the 2011 regular season and 35 points per game, which ranked first in the NFL."