Troy Aikman will remain a consultant for the Dolphins while continuing as a “Monday Night Football” broadcaster. Christian Petersen / Getty Images
March 16, 2026Updated 1:02 pm EDT
“Monday Night Football” analyst and Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman said he will continue to work with the Miami Dolphins in “some capacity,” after he was hired as a consultant to help with the club’s search for a new general manager this offseason.
“Kind of caught me out of left field — wasn’t expecting that,” Aikman said on an episode of the “Rodeo Time” podcast about his original hire with the Dolphins in January. “But I dove into it and decided I would do it. I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt like I was of some help. Where that might go, I’m not sure, but I’m going to continue to work with them.”
The Dolphins wanted a voice outside their organization with connections across the NFL to weigh in on their GM hire, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported, which led them to bring on Aikman. The organization hired former Green Bay Packers executive Jon-Eric Sullivan as its new GM in January, and Russini reported at the time that Aikman was among Sullivan’s biggest supporters.
Aikman, who had never been in NFL ownership or part of an executive team, said the experience “scratched whatever itch” he had about working in an NFL front office. Although he never seriously considered a coaching career after retiring from the Dallas Cowboys in 2000, Aikman said he always thought a front-office role would be in his future. But life circumstances, including a desire to spend time with his two daughters while they were young, kept him from taking on such a time-consuming role.
“I felt like pursuing that would be selfish,” he said.
Instead, Aikman has worked on an established broadcasting career. In 2026, he will enter his 25th year calling games alongside play-by-play announcer Joe Buck. The Buck-Aikman pairing is the longest in NFL broadcasting history, and next year they will call their seventh Super Bowl as a duo.
“I’m very blessed; I continue to enjoy what I’m doing: broadcasting,” Aikman said. “Love who I work with. I’ve been working with Joe (Buck) — shoot, we’re going on our 25th year together next year. That just doesn’t happen in this business. …
“It’s been awesome. I don’t know how much longer that will go — hopefully, a long time — but yeah, life’s good right now.”
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