Anarumo has spent the last eight seasons as the defensive backs coach at Purdue and will serve in that capacity with the Dolphins. Before coaching at Purdue, Anarumo coached at Marshall University, Harvard University, Syracuse and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Anarumo coached with Philbin at Harvard and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

O’Keefe has spent the last 12 seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of Iowa, where Philbin spent four seasons as offensive line coach before jumping to the NFL in 2003. Philbin and O’Keefe also worked together at Allegheny College in the early 1990s, with O’Keefe serving as head coach and Philbin as offensive coordinator.

O’Keefe will coach the Dolphins wide receivers, with McGeoghan serving as assistant receivers coach.

McGeoghan, 32, has spent the last three seasons coaching receivers at the University of South Florida after serving as offensive coordinator at Naval Academy Prep and coaching tight ends and receivers at the University of Maine. Both Philbin (Springfield) and McGeoghan (Agawam) are natives of western Massachusetts.

Michael Smith, Eric Mangini and Jon Ritchie discuss a possible move for Peyton Manning to the Dolphins.

Channing Crowder is ready to return to football after a one-season sabbatical, but he made it clear to me Wednesday he’s not interested in a reunion with his former team.

The 28-year-old retired in August, 10 days after being cut by the Dolphins. He said then it was because his heart wasn’t in the game anymore, but he said Wednesday on Radio Row that his wife being 37 weeks pregnant at the time of his release played the biggest role in his decision to step away from the game.

Asked if there was interest in returning to the Dolphins to play under linebackers coach George Edwards — who returned to Miami on Monday after a two-year stint as defensive coordinator in Buffalo — Crowder delivered his harshest criticism yet of Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland.

“I wouldn’t go on a team with Jeff Ireland. I’m not very confident in him,” said Crowder. “He doesn’t know what he’s doing in my opinion. He’s real disrespectful, he doesn’t know how to deal with people and the whole Dez Bryant (situation) kind of showed to the world what he’s about, but guys in the building know what he’s really about.” In case you forgot, Ireland asked Bryant during a pre-draft interview if his mother once was a prostitute. “He’s not a good person,” Crowder added. “He has no class, and I wouldn’t choose to go back and play there. And I would have to say it’s the only team I don’t want to play for.”

Edwards rejoins the Dolphins after spending the past two years as defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills. He coached linebackers for Miami from 2005 to 2009.

Tight ends coach Dan Campbell, strength coach Darren Krein and special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi have been retained by new head coach Joe Philbin.

Zac Taylor, who has been an assistant at Texas A&M, was hired as assistant quarterbacks coach.

While everyone was playing at half-speed and ready to extend their Hawaiian vacation, Brandon Marshall played as if it was his last game.

Brandon Marshall has already spoken out that the Dolphins need an upgrade at the QB position for 2012.

Sunday night, he proved why.

The wide receiver caught six passes for 176 yards and a Pro Bowl-record four touchdowns, and Marshall and the AFC used a second-half surge to beat the NFC 59-41 on Sunday.

“You never know when you’re going to be back,” Marshall said, “and I wanted to go all out today because it could be my last Pro Bowl.”

Marshall had a touchdown catch in each quarter, including an early 74-yarder and a 3-yarder in the fourth, in a game filled with highlight-reel grabs.

He was selected the game’s MVP, and his name now will join the likes of Walter Payton and Jerry Rice on the MVP banners at Aloha Stadium.

“You know what? I wanted it,” he said. “It’s a Pro Bowl. Some guys are playing 100 (percent), some guys are playing 90, some guys aren’t playing at all, but it means a lot to be up in the rafters with some of these guys.”

The 59 points by the AFC set a Pro Bowl mark, and the 100 points scored by the teams combined was the second highest, a touchdown shy of the 107 scored in 2004.

But it was clear from the start it was Marshall’s day. He hauled in a deflected, go-ahead 47-yard TD pass from Andy Dalton, while on his back, to give the AFC a 38-35 lead late in the third quarter. It was Marshall’s third TD catch of the game, tying Jimmy Smith’s Pro Bowl record set in 2004.

“It was the most unathletic highlight I ever had,” he said. “Andy put it up there for me to make a play. I saw the ball, got nervous, fell, saw the ball, kicked it up and it just fell in my hands.”

Marshall, making his third Pro Bowl appearance, then nabbed a 3-yard TD pass from Dalton that gave the AFC a 52-35 lead with 8:25 left and put the game away.

“People were saying throw to him. I saw the matchup I had and he’s a great receiver, so I knew he could make the play,” Dalton said.

Hawaii has been kind to Marshall, who also won MVP honors at Aloha Stadium in his final game at Central Florida in the 2005 Hawaii Bowl, where he caught 11 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns.

Marshall noted he had six TDs this season, but four this game.

“It says a lot when you’re playing with these type of quarterbacks,” Marshall said. “They just put it in the right place and I just made the play. Hats off to those guys throwing me the ball.”

The game featured 36 first-timers, including rookie quarterbacks Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers and Dalton of the Cincinnati Bengals, who replaced Super Bowl quarterbacks Eli Manning and Tom Brady. Their selection made this Pro Bowl the first to feature two rookie signal callers.

Dalton and Newton played the entire second half.

While Dalton looked composed, Newton played horribly — struggling to move the ball, stay in the pocket and find his targets, which drew some boos from the sun-splashed, sellout crowd of 48,423.

“No excuses,” Newton said. “When you hang the ball up there, against these kinds of players, that’s what you get,” Newton said. “It’s the good and the bad of playing in a Pro Bowl. I learned a lot.”

Newton finished 9 of 27 for 186 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Dalton, meanwhile, was 7 of 9 for 99 yards and two TDs.

On his first series, Newton overthrew a wide-open Tony Gonzalez over the middle, with the ball sailing into Eric Weddle’s hands. The San Diego Chargers safety popped up to his feet and returned it 63 yards to the NFC 23, leading to a 37-yard FG by Sebastian Janikowski, which gave the AFC its first lead of the game at 31-28.

Newton recovered on the next series, airing out a 55-yard go-ahead touchdown pass to Panthers teammate Steve Smith, making it 34-31. But he was intercepted again on the next series.

Weddle also intercepted another pass by Newton late in the game. After picking off the deep pass, he pitched it to teammate Derrick Johnson, who rumbled 60 yards for the AFC’s final score.

“None of us want to go out and lose, so we picked it up and went out and made some plays,” Weddle said. “Got the ‘W,’ that’s the main thing.”

With the Pro Bowlers unable to get out of third gear — particularly on the offensive and defensive lines — and hitting each other as though they were having a pillow fight, the Pro Bowl featured some good, bad and real ugly — sometimes on the same play. For example, Aaron Rodgers caught a pass from himself. His throw was deflected at the line and he leaped to catch the ball and backpedaled for a 15-yard loss.

Rodgers was 13 of 17 for 141 yards and two TDs, giving him a quarterback rating of 139.6, higher than his NFL record 122.5 rating during the season. But he was watching late in the game as Newton struggled.

Rodgers said it’s easier to play in the first quarter when the game isn’t as intense.

“It’s tough to be the last guy in, when it’s the fourth quarter and money becomes an issue,” he said. “Guys are playing a little bit harder. They come at you.”

The NFC had three players with 100-yard yard receiving: Gonzalez (seven for 114), Larry Fitzgerald (6 for 111) and Smith (5 for 118).

The AFC and NFC traded score after score, and turnover after turnover in the first half.

Rodgers and Fitzgerald connected for a pair of scores on back-to-back plays to put the NFC up 14-0 early in the game.

After stopping the AFC on fourth down at midfield, Rodgers drove the NFC down the field and threw a 10-yard TD toss to Fitzgerald. Six seconds later, Rodgers aired a 44-yard rainbow in the end zone to Fitzgerald for another score after the NFC got the ball back with a surprise onside kick.

The reception was Fitzgerald’s sixth career TD catch in the Pro Bowl, tying Gonzalez’s record. He would break the record with the game’s last touchdown, on a 36-yard pass from Newton.

The AFC came right back and tied it up on two deep TD passes on the right side by Ben Roethlisberger. He threw a 34-yarder to rookie A.J. Green, and then connected with Marshall on a 74-yarder.

But Drew Brees and the NFC kept the scoring going. Just like in the regular season, Brees and Saints teammate Jimmy Graham hooked up to give the NFC a 21-14 lead in the second quarter. On fourth-and-goal, Brees zipped a pass to Graham for a 6-yard score and would later find Greg Jennings for an 11-yard TD. Brees finished 10 of 14 for 146 yards and two touchdowns.

Antonio Gates pulled in a 27-yard TD from Chargers teammate Rivers as time expired in the half to tie it at 28.

Each AFC player earned a record $50,000 for the win, while the NFC players received $25,000.

Brandon Marshall is not letting the Dolphins sit back and wait too long to go looking for a QB. He’s already looking to do it himself.

Marshall, on the AFC Pro Bowl team in Hawaii, told NFL.com’s Jeff Darlington that he’s already spoken with Packers quarterback Matt Flynn about coming to Miami.

“You’ve got some guys in the draft, but there’s not too many guys out there just walking the streets,” Marshall said. “Matt is available. . . . . We’ve talked. I reached out to him. I get it from Ray Lewis. Around this time of year, players talk to players.”

Marshall is not the first person to go out and try and grab players, and doing it early could give Miami the edge it needs to get Flynn, who will be a hot player on the free agent market.

Then you have the Joe Philbin factor, the former offensive coordinator, who is now the Fins head coach. If Flynn wants to go play somewhere where he knows the system and coach, South Beach is the perfect spot.

Marshall says that while Matt Moore played well last season, he knows the team needs a better player at that spot to get better.

“Obviously, Matt [Moore] had a great year,” Marshall said. “You don’t want to take anything away from Matt, but I think we really bring in somebody who can compete and make the team better.

“We need someone who is going to grab a hold of our offense, hold everyone accountable and be that leader.”

Aaron Rodgers thinks the idea of backup quarterback Matt Flynn going to join Joe Philbin in Miami seems to make sense.

Rodgers on Wednesday told a Milwaukee radio station he sees the Dolphins and the Seattle Seahawks as the “two top dogs” in the race for the talented backup, expected to become an unrestricted free agent in March.

This is based on a conversation with Flynn “in the last few days,” Rodgers said of his backup quarterback in Green Bay the past four years.

Rodgers on Wednesday told a Milwaukee radio station he sees the Dolphins and the Seattle Seahawks as the “two top dogs” in the race for the talented backup, expected to become an unrestricted free agent in March.

This is based on a conversation with Flynn “in the last few days,” Rodgers said of his backup quarterback in Green Bay the past four years.

“I think with a talent like Matt, he would have success in just about any offense you plug him into,” Rodgers said. “I think you could see maybe a little bit more immediate success in an offense he’s very familiar with, so I think you have to look at Miami, obviously.”

As for the Seahawks, their general manager John Schneider knows Flynn from his time in Green Bay.

“John Schneider knows Matt and he’s pulling some strings up there with them,” Rodgers said. “I think that would be an opportunity for him up there. Those are probably, in my opinion, the two top dogs that would go after him. There’s got to be at least five or six teams who legitimately should take a look at Matt and see him being an immediate improvement over what they have at quarterback.”

Dolphins Director of Player Personnel Brian Gaine will speak to the Rams next week about their open GM position. Gaine followed Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland to the Miami Dolphins in 2008, initially working as the Assistant Director of Player Personnel.

Gaine’s expanded duties when he took over as Director of Player Personnel before last years NFL Draft included working closely with Ireland, then coach Tony Sparano and the rest of the football department on the evaluation of players at the professional and collegiate levels.

He also is responsible for administrative and scouting responsibilities in both of those areas.

In addition to Gaine, the Rams’ list of general manager candidates includes rizona Cardinals Director of Player Personnel Steve Keim, New York Jets Vice President of College Scouting Joey Clinkscales, Atlanta Falcons Director of Player Personnel Les Snead.

Coyle has coached with the Bengals for the past 11 seasons. During his tenure, he has helped develop such defensive backs as Jonathan Joseph, Leon Hall and Madieu Williams. Coyle has 35 years of coaching experience, 23 of which came in the college ranks at such programs as Fresno State, Maryland and Syracuse.

Although they have never worked together, Coyle and Philbin are Massachusetts natives who are close friends. One source said Coyle attended the recent funeral of Philbin’s 21-year-old son, Michael, who died after accidentally drowning in a Wisconsin river.

In addition to the Dolphins, Adam Schefter of ESPN says to count the Cardinals interest in Manning as the real deal. The Cardinals have had a habit of bringing in veteran stars Emmitt Smith, Edgerrin James, and Kurt Warner).