New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has locked in his first two assistant coaches on Wednesday. One is someone he has already worked with at his previous stop, and the other he is retaining in Miami.

McDaniel will hire Jon Embree as tight ends coach and assistant head coach and is keeping special teams coordinator Danny Crossman with the Dolphins, according to a league source.

Embree previously held those roles with the San Francisco 49ers, where he was on the same staff as McDaniel. The 49ers and Embree parted ways last week after San Francisco's elimination in the NFC Championship Game after Embree was reportedly asked to take a pay cut.

Embree, 56, will help McDaniel transition into his first head coaching job after also serving as Kyle Shanahan's assistant head coach with the 49ers. As part of his role leading the team's tight ends, Embree helped develop George Kittle into one of the league's best at that position.

Before landing in San Francisco in 2017, Embree was tight ends coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2014-16), Cleveland Browns (2013), Washington Redskins (2010) and Kansas City Chiefs (2006-08). He was head coach at his alma mater, Colorado, from 2011 to 2012 and held other assistant college roles at Colorado and UCLA before that.

Among tight ends he has coached, aside from Kittle, are Tony Gonzalez, Chris Cooley, Jordan Cameron, Daniel Graham and Marcedes Lewis. Graham and Lewis won college football's John Mackey Award for the top tight end in 2001 and 2005, respectively.

Under Embree with the 49ers, Kittle recorded 1,377 receiving yards in 2018, then a single-season record for a tight end until the Chiefs' Travis Kelce went for 1,416 yards in 2020.

Crossman has been the Dolphins special teams coordinator since former coach Brian Flores was hired in 2019. He added assistant head coach to his title for the 2021 season. Before arriving in Miami, Crossman also held the same special teams coordinator role with the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers.

McDaniel is reportedly interviewing Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks coach Charles London for his offensive coordinator opening, according to The Athletic.