MIAMI (AP) -Former Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora Jr. has been invited to a second interview with the Miami Dolphins, who also plan to meet again with Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey and New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, a person familiar with the team's search said Sunday.

The person requested anonymity because the Dolphins have declined to identify candidates.

The Dolphins reached an agreement with their defensive coordinator, Dom Capers, on a new three-year contract. He may remain in contention for the head coaching job vacated when Nick Saban left for Alabama on Jan. 3.

Dolphins officials pared down their list of candidates over the weekend. The team met with 12 coaches during the first round of interviews, which ended Wednesday.

Last week, the Dolphins said they planned to narrow the list to five candidates, then to two before making an offer.

Mora went 26-22 in three seasons with Atlanta before he was fired after this season. He led the Falcons to the NFC championship game in his first season, but the past two years they went 4-13 during the final two months, missing the playoffs both times.

Gailey is a former Dolphins offensive coordinator and former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He just completed the first year of a five-year, $5 million contract extension that ties him to Georgia Tech through 2010.

The 33-year-old Schottenheimer, son of San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer, is the Dolphins' youngest candidate and has been with the Jets only one season.

Capers was a head coach for expansion teams in Carolina and Houston. His contract with the Dolphins expired over the weekend, and they feared he would be courted for a coordinator's job by other teams.

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