5 Fast Facts About New Broncos Head Coach Vance Joseph

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DENVER (The Sports Xchange/CBS4) - The Denver Broncos didn't waste much time finding a successor to Gary Kubiak as the team hired Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Vance Joseph as its 16th head coach on Wednesday.

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The following are five things to know about the 44-year-old coach:

1. Joseph played quarterback for the CU Buffaloes in the early 1990s and was a member of the national championship team in 1990. He later coached for CU, from 1999-2003.

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2. Joseph played in the NFL for two seasons as a defensive back. He competed as a player in the Broncos 1997 training camp, which at that time took place in Greeley.

3. Joseph spent three years as the Houston Texans' secondary coach (2011-13) under then-head coach Gary Kubiak and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips. Phillips holds the same position with Denver.

4. Joseph played a significant role in his lone season coaching with Miami, turning around a Dolphins' team that finished 2015 with a 6-10 mark by helping the club to 10 wins and the franchise's first postseason berth since 2008.

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5. Joseph and his wife Holly have two children -- a teenage daughter named Nataly and a young son named Stone. He has a brother named Terry who is a coach at Texas A&M and another brother named Mickey who has coached for several college programs including Louisiana Tech.