2016 Miami Hurricanes football team

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Division Coastal Division AP No. 20 Head coach Mark Richt (1st year)		Coaches No. 23 2016 record 9–4 (5–3 ACC)

Conference Atlantic Coast Conference

The 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represent the University of Miami during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first year head coach Mark Richt, they play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. They compete in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This season is the Hurricanes' 91st overall season and their 13th as a member of the ACC.

Coaching staff

Mark Richt, head coach

Manny Diaz, defensive coordinator, linebackers

Jon Richt, quarterbacks coach

Thomas Brown, offensive coordinator, running backs

Craig Kuligowski, defensive line

Ron Dugans, wide receivers, passing game coordinator

Stacy Searels, offensive Line

Todd Hartley, tight ends, special Teams

Mike Rumph, cornerbacks

Ephraim Banda, safeties

After joining Miami, Richt aggressively recruited a new coaching staff:

Manny Diaz, Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach: Miami native Diaz replaced Mark D’Onofrio. Diaz previously had 18 years of coaching experience including Mississippi State, where his group held opponents to 23.2 points per game in 2015.

Craig Kuligowski, Defensive Line Coach: Coach Craig Kuligowski. Coach “Kool” is arguably the top defensive line coach in the country and has the accolades to prove it. While at the University of Missouri for the last 15 seasons, Kuligowski coached 24 players to all-conference honors, 10 of them since 2010. He’s produced four first-round picks since 2009. The winners of the SEC Defensive Player of the Year award in 2013 and 2014. Both coached by Kuligowski.

Ephraim Banda, Safeties Coach: Ephraim Banda is in charge of Miami’s safeties. Banda spent the 2015 season as a defensive assistant under Diaz at Mississippi State. In 2015, the Bulldogs led the country in fewest pass plays of 20-plus yards allowed with just 24 for the season.

Mike Rumph, Cornerbacks Coach: Former Hurricane and member of the 2001 national championship team Mike Rumph will handle the team’s cornerbacks. Rumph spent the last three seasons coaching at Broward County powerhouse American Heritage High School in Plantation. Heritage won the state championship in 2013 and 2014, becoming the second school in Broward County history to win back-to-back titles. Coming in as one of the top local high school coaches, Rumph will further help Richt recruit the South Florida area.

Thomas Brown, Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs Coach: Richt brought in Thomas Brown, who spent the 2015 season coaching running backs at Georgia, to oversee Miami’s running game. Under Brown last season, sophomore Sony Michel, who played for Rumph at Heritage, became the 13th Bulldog to rush for more than 1,000 yards with 1,076 yards on the ground. In 2014, Brown coached Heisman Trophy runner-up Melvin Gordon at Wisconsin. Gordon ran for the second-most yards in the history of college football that season, finishing with 2,587 rushing yards and 32 total touchdowns.

Jon Richt, Quarterbacks Coach: Jon Richt, Mark Richt’s son, will serve as quarterbacks coach. Jon Richt spent the 2015 season as an offensive assistant with the Buffalo Bills after spending a year as a quality control assistant at Georgia. Although Jon is the quarterbacks coach, Mark has stated since leaving Georgia that he wants to be more hands-on with his quarterbacks.

Ron Dugans, Wide Receivers Coach and Passing Game Coordinator: Florida native Ron Dugans will be in charge of wide receivers under Richt. Dugans has 11 years of coaching experience, most recently spending the past two seasons at the University of South Florida. In 2014, wide receiver Andre Davis scored a then-school record seven touchdown catches for the Bulls. Prior to overseeing receivers at USF, Dugans spent three years as an assistant at Louisville, where he coached receiver DeVante Parker, the most recent first-round pick of the Miami Dolphins.

Stacy Searels, Offensive Line Coach: Stacy Searels replaces a legendary Cane, Art Kehoe, as offensive line coach. Searels previously coached offensive lines at Virginia Tech, Texas, Georgia and Louisiana State University. The former All-America offensive lineman at Auburn spent the 2007-10 seasons with Richt at Georgia.

Todd Hartley, Tight Ends Coach and Special Teams Coordinator: Another carryover from Georgia, Hartley previously served as the director of player personnel at Georgia. Before going to Georgia, Hartley served as safeties coach, tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator between the 2011 and 2013 seasons at Marshall University.

References

2016 Miami Hurricanes football team Wikipedia

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