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The Miami Hurricanes college football team represents University of Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 23 head coaches, and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1927 season. Since December 2021, Mario Cristobal has served as Miami's head coach.[1]

Sixteen coaches have led Miami in postseason bowl games: Tom McCann, Jack Harding, Andy Gustafson, Charlie Tate, Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmy Johnson, Dennis Erickson, Butch Davis, Larry Coker, Randy Shannon, Jeff Stoutland, Al Golden, Larry Scott, Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, and Cristobal. Three of those coaches also won conference championships: Erickson, Davis, and Coker each captured three as a member of the Big East Conference. Four have also captured national championships as head coach at Miami: Schnellenberger (1983), Johnson (1987), Erickson (1989 and 1991), and Coker (2001).

Gustafson is the leader in seasons coached, with 16 years as head coach and games coached (161) and won (93). Erickson has the highest winning percentage at 0.875. Walt Kichefski has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.222. Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Hurricanes, Harding, Gustafson, Pete Elliott, Johnson, Erickson, and Richt have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records[A 5], postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 6]
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DCs CCs NCs Awards
1 Cub Buck 1927–1928 19 7 10 2 0.421 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 J. Burton Rix 1929 5 3 2 0 0.600 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 Ernest E. Brett 1930 8 3 4 1 0.438 2 3 1 0.417 — — — — 0 0 —
4 Tom McCann 1931–1934 37 18 15 4 0.541 6 6 3 0.500 0 1 0 — 0 0 —
5 Irl Tubbs 1935–1936 18 11 5 2 0.667 4 1 0 0.800 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
6 Jack Harding† 1937–1942
1945–1947 		89 54 32 3 0.624 10 1 0 0.909 1 0 0 — 0 0 —
7 Eddie Dunn 1943–1944 15 6 8 1 0.433 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
8 Andy Gustafson† 1948–1963 161 93 65 3 0.587 — — — — 1 3 0 — — 0 —
9 Charlie Tate 1964–1970 64 34 27 3 0.555 — — — — 1 1 0 — — 0 —
Int. Walt Kichefski
[A 7] 		1970 9 2 7 0 0.222 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
10 Fran Curci 1971–1972 22 9 13 0 0.409 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
11 Pete Elliott† 1973–1974 22 11 11 0 0.500 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
12 Carl Selmer 1975–1976 21 5 16 0 0.238 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
13 Lou Saban 1977–1978 22 9 13 0 0.409 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
14 Howard Schnellenberger 1979–1983 57 41 16 0 0.719 — — — — 2 0 0 — — 1 – 1983 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (1983)[7]
15 Jimmy Johnson† 1984–1988 61 52 9 0 0.852 — — — — 2 3 0 — — 1 – 1987 Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1986)[8]
16 Dennis Erickson† 1989–1994 72 63 9 0 0.875 19 1 0 0.950 3 3 0 — 3 2 – 1989
1991 		Woody Hayes Award (1992)
Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1992)
17 Butch Davis 1995–2000 71 51 20 0 0.718 33 9 0 0.786 4 0 0 — 3 0 —
18 Larry Coker 2001–2006 75 60 15 — 0.800 34 11 — 0.756 4 2 — 0 3 1 – 2001 AFCA Coach of the Year (2001)[9]
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2001)[10]
19 Randy Shannon 2007–2010 50 28 22 — 0.560 16 16 — 0.500 1 1 — 0 0 0 —
Int. Jeff Stoutland
[A 8] 		2010 1 0 1 — .000 0 0 — – 0 1 — 0 0 0 —
20 Al Golden 2011–2015 57 32 25 — 0.561 17 18 — 0.486 0 2 — 1 0 0 —
Int. Larry Scott
[A 9] 		2015 6 4 2 — 0.667 4 1 — 0.800 0 1 — 0 0 0 —
21 Mark Richt† 2016–2018 39 26 13 — 0.667 16 8 — 0.667 1 2 — 1 0 0 Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (2017)[8]
22 Manny Diaz 2019–2021 36 21 15 — 0.583 16 9 — 0.640 0 2 — 0 0 0 —
23 Mario Cristobal 2022–present 26 13 13 — 0.500 6 10 — 0.375 0 1 — 0 0 0 —

Notes

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  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ Miami has been a member of Atlantic Coast Conference since the 2004 season.
  6. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  7. ^ Kichefski served as interim head coach for the final nine games in 1970 after the resignation of Charlie Tate.[5][6]
  8. ^ Stoutland served as interim head coach for the 2010 Sun Bowl after Randy Shannon was fired.[11]
  9. ^ Scott served as interim head coach for the final six games of the 2015 season after Al Golden was fired.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Mario Cristobal introduced as new Miami Hurricanes football coach: 'It's time to go to work'". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 7, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "Pressure, hate calls drove Tate to resign". The St. Petersburg Times. October 16, 1970. Retrieved July 9, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ "UM coach quits, then disappears". Spartanburg Herald. October 1, 1970. Retrieved July 9, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "All-Time Eddie Robinson Award Winners". Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Awards – Walter Camp Football Foundation". Walter Camp Foundation. Archived from the original on June 9, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  9. ^ "National Coach of the Year". American Football Coaches Association. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  10. ^ "Coach of the Year Award :: Bear Bryant Awards". American Heart Association. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  11. ^ "Miami fires coach Randy Shannon". ESPN.com. November 27, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "Miami interim coach Larry Scott: Players will be priority". ESPN.com. October 26, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
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