The Miami Dolphins today announced that General Manager Jeff Ireland has named Matt Winston, Southwest Region Area Scout and promoted Adam Howe to Northeast Region Area Scout.
“We are very excited for Matt and Adam to continue their development in their new roles,” Ireland said. “They are both well deserving of their expanded duties and their passion and work ethic will be a tremendous asset to us all going forward.”
Winston enters his fourth season with the Dolphins. In 2010, he served as a pro scout and spent his first two seasons in Miami working in the player personnel department as a scouting assistant, where he performed a variety of functions to aid in the day-to-day operations of the department.
Prior to joining the Dolphins in 2008, Winston was the Director of Football Operations at Florida International University in 2007 and worked as a college scouting intern for the Houston Texans in 2006. He is a graduate of Texas A&M and earned his MBA at Florida Atlantic University.
Howe originally joined the Dolphins in 2009 as a scouting assistant. In that role, Howe monitored personnel moves throughout the NFL, evaluated college and professional players and managed player databases. Howe also performed advance scouting, managed league-wide depth charts and coordinated player workouts.
A former defensive back at Bridgewater State, Howe moved to the sidelines to coach as a graduate assistant at Maine Maritime Academy in 2006. Howe then returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 2007 before his last collegiate stop at Springfield College a graduate assistant wide receivers coach for the Pride during the 2008 season.