This Day in Football History
2000 - Dan Marino announces retirement
After rejecting an offer to play for the Minnesota Vikings, future Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino announces his retirement from the NFL.
Marino was drafted 27th overall by the Dolphins in 1983 and spent his entire 17-year career in Miami. He was selected to the Pro Bowl nine times and became the first player in NFL history to pass for 5,000 yards in a single season, finishing with 5,084 yards in 1984.
2002 - Raiders promote Bill Callahan to head coach
Bill Callahan served as offensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders for four seasons before being named head coach on March 13, 2002.
The Raiders went 11-5 during Callahan's first season as head coach, defeating the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship game to earn a spot in Super Bowl XXXVII. Callahan was later accused by several Raiders players of sabotaging the team's Super Bowl loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which the coach denied.
Callahan was fired by the Raiders following the 2003 season and would spend the next four years as head coach at Nebraska. He has served as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys since 2012.
2012 - Bears acquire Brandon Marshall from Dolphins
Brandon Marshall is reunited with former teammate Jay Cutler after the Chicago Bears traded a pair of draft picks to the Miami Dolphins for the wide receiver.
Marshall and Cutler were both selected by the Broncos in the 2006 draft and spent three seasons together in Denver.
Birthdays
1972 - Trent Dilfer
1973 - Dan Wilkinson
1980 - Ahmad Brooks
1991 - D.J. Fluker