3 things to know about Colts coaching candidate Dan Campbell

The Indianapolis Colts are back to looking for a head coach after Josh McDaniels spurned them at the last second. The team will reportedly interview Saints assistant head coach Dan Campbell, 41, on Thursday, according to media reports. Here are three things to know about him.

He has head coaching experience

Campbell served as the Miami Dolphins interim head coach for the final 12 games of the 2015 season, replacing Joe Philbin.

"I'm not here just to finish the season up,'' Campbell said upon getting the job. "That's not my plan. We're coming here to win games. It's still early. We have time to turn everything around. But we can't wait."

The Dolphins went 5-7 under Campbell. The team won its first two games under his leadership and scored 82 points, but lost three of its final four.

When the Dolphins went with Adam Gase as coach after that season, Campbell was reportedly angry and didn't want to stay in Miami. He ended up in New Orleans.

He joined the Dolphins in 2010 as a coaching intern and became the tight ends coach in 2011.

Never the primary receiver

Campbell entered the NFL as a third-round draft pick of the New York Giants in 1999. The tight end had 91 catches for 934 yards and 11 touchdowns over a 10-year career. He played plenty of special teams.

But that's not what made him valuable to the Giants, with whom he spent four seasons.

"It's funny because from a tight end, which is what I played -- and I was a grinder -- you line up and you play a defensive end, they tell those guys in the defensive room, 'OK, if they try to run to you and the tight end is blocking, you know that's not going to happen, right? It's just a tight end.' And I used to take that personal. Like, that used to really bother me and I didn't want to be that guy. I wanted to be a guy that you got your hands full all day and this is not just some ordinary tight end."

He's an Aggie through and through

Campbell was named Texas A&M's Aggie Heart Award winner his senior season of 1998. Though he had just 12 receptions that year, he was an offensive captain and team leader.

"He was an outstanding leader on our team and played with great determination," coach R.C. Slocum said. "Dan worked hard to become a good football player. In the offseason, he was always one of our hardest workers and during the season he gave great effort in practice and in the games. I can see why his teammates selected him."

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