The Broncos have asked and received permission to interview Miami defensive coordinator Vance Joseph and Kansas City special teams coordinator Dave Toub for their head coaching position, according to an NFL source.

Kyle Shanahan, the Falcons’ offensive coordinator and the son of former Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan, is also scheduled to interview with the team Saturday.

Per NFL rules, the Broncos can talk to Toub this week because the Chiefs have a first-round bye in the playoffs. For Joseph, they will have to wait until next week since the Dolphins face the Steelers in a wild-card game Sunday. If Miami wins Sunday, the Broncos will have to interview him in Miami. If the Dolphins are eliminated, they can host him in Colorado.

Toub, 54, began his NFL coaching career with the Eagles as their special teams/quality control coach in 2001.

He joined the Bears in 2004 as their special teams coordinator and stayed for 13 seasons, helping Chicago rank among the NFL’s top special teams units for eight consecutive seasons (2004-11). He also helped five Bears players to a total of eight Pro Bowl selections and was voted by his fellow coaches as special teams coach of the year in 2006.

In 2013, Toub joined with the Chiefs and now works with rookie Tyreek Hill, the league’s leading punt-returner (592 yards, two touchdowns); veteran punter Dustin Colquitt and kicker Cairo Santos.

Toub is also scheduled to interview with the San Diego Chargers, according to multiple outlets.

“Some of the teams that are talking to us are the ones we play, but it’s just one of those deals, man,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid told local media. “I’m partial, but I think he’s the best in the business.”

Joseph, a former Colorado teammate of Broncos’ director of player personnel Matt Russell, was one of Denver’s top coaching candidates in 2014 when they parted with John Fox. When they went with Gary Kubiak, the Broncos hoped to get Joseph, then the defensive backs coach for the Bengals, as defensive coordinator. But Cincinnati wouldn’t allow him to leave for a coordinator position in Denver a year before his contract was set to expire.

Last year, Joseph, 44, joined Adam Gase’s staff in Miami as defensive coordinator. The Dolphins finished the regular season ranked 18th in points (23.8 per game) and 29th in yards (382.6) allowed.

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Joseph is also scheduled to interview for the Chargers’ and 49ers’ head-coaching jobs.

Shanahan, who rose from receivers coach, to quarterbacks coach and then offensive coordinator in Houston under Kubiak, is on the top of many teams’ wish lists.

Shanahan, 37, joined his father’s staff in Washington as offensive coordinator from 2010-13 and, after a season in Cleveland that ended with his resignation, he became Atlanta’s offensive coordinator in 2015.

This season, the Falcons led the league in both scoring (33.8 points per game) and yards per play (6.69), and finished 11-5 to clinch the NFC South and return to the playoffs for the first time since 2012.

Shanahan is also slated to talk to the Jaguars, Rams and 49ers.