2015 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Al Golden, who was fired following a 58–0 loss at home to Clemson, and replaced by Larry Scott, who acted as the interim coach.^[1] They played their home games at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the Hurricanes' 90th overall season and their 12th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in 3rd place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to Washington State.

2015 Miami Hurricanes football
Sun Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Washington State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Al Golden (5th season; first 7 games) Larry Scott (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive coordinator	James Coley (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mark D'Onofrio (5th season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
Home stadium	Sun Life Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		6	–	2					10	–	3
Louisville		5	–	3					8	–	5
NC State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Syracuse		2	–	6					4	–	8
Wake Forest		1	–	7					3	–	9
Boston College		0	–	8					3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 15 North Carolina x		8	–	0					11	–	3
Pittsburgh		6	–	2					8	–	5
Miami (FL)		5	–	3					8	–	5
Duke		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5					4	–	8
Georgia Tech		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

On December 4, 2015, the university announced Mark Richt as head coach, effective immediately.^[2]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Al Golden	Head coach	5th	Penn State (1991)
Larry Scott	Interim head coach/tight ends	3rd	South Florida (2000)
Mark D'Onofrio	Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator	5th	Penn State (1991)
James Coley	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	3rd	Florida State (1997)
Randy Melvin	Defensive line	1st	Eastern Illinois (1982)
Hurlie Brown	Linebackers/recruiting coordinator	3rd	Miami (1992)
Kevin Beard	Wide receivers	1st	Miami (2004)
Art Kehoe	Offensive line	26th	Miami (1982)
Paul Williams	Defensive backs	5th	Delaware (1996)
Tim Harris	Running backs	5th	Carthage

Support staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Andreu Swasey	Strength & conditioning	15th	Baylor (1995)
Cole Pemberton	Graduate assistant	2nd	Colorado State (2009)
Mike Zuckerman	Graduate assistant	1st	Miami (2012)

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman*	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN3	W 45–0	43,467
September 11	8:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic*	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	FS1	W 44–20	30,321
September 19	3:30 pm	Nebraska*	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN2	W 36–33 OT	53,580
October 1	7:30 pm	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 23–34	40,101
October 10	8:00 pm	at No. 12 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–29	82,329
October 17	3:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 30–20	50,787
October 24	12:00 pm	No. 6 Clemson	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ABC	L 0–58	45,211
October 31	7:00 pm	at No. 22 Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	W 30–27	30,143
November 7	3:00 pm	Virginia	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	RSN	W 27–21	40,963
November 14	3:30 pm	at No. 17 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	L 21–59	61,000
November 21	12:30 pm	Georgia Tech	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	W 38–21	51,355
November 27	12:00 pm	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN2	W 29–24	40,126
December 26	2:00 pm	vs. Washington State*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 14–20	41,180
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

As of May 2015^[3]

2015 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 22 Collin Alford  Jr OL 61 Adam Arnaout So WR 8 Braxton Berrios So WR 82 Tyre Brady So G 55 Joe Brown  Fr WR Lawrence Cager Fr CB 30 Quincy Casimir  Jr WR 3 Stacy Coley Jr QB 13 Gray Crow  Jr OL 73 Trevor Darling So TE 5 Standish Dobard Jr RB 7 Gus Edwards Jr RB 49 Joel Evans Fr OT 76 Taylor Gadbois  Jr G 67 Alex Gall Jr OT Tyler Gauthier Fr OL 59 Justin Goldberg So WR 84 Greg Golden  So FB 40 Matt Golden So RB 32 Trayone Gray So OL 69 Tyler Grimsley  Fr TE 23 Chris Herndon So QB 25 Isaac Hoza  So G 63 Danny Isidora  Jr OL 65 Sterling Jackson  Fr WR 17 D'Mauri Jones  Jr OT 77 Jahair Jones Fr QB 15 Brad Kaaya So C/OG 54 Hunter Knighton  So WR 81 Darrell Langham  Fr WR 9 Malcolm Lewis  Jr C 68 Nick Linder So OT Brendan Loftus Fr TE 46 Marcus Lugo Fr OT Hayden Mahoney Fr OT 52 K. C. McDermott So OT Bar Milo Fr TE 86 David Njoku  Fr TE 88 Jake O'Donnell  Jr FB 43 Tyler Odems Jr OT 66 Sunny Odogwu  So OT 60 Patrick Petrillo So WR 35 Austin Pfenninger  So TE 38 Joseph Rodgers Sr QB 12 Malik Rosier  Fr WR 11 Rashawn Scott  Sr QB Evan Shirreffs Fr OT Tyree St. Louis Fr TE 85 Michael Tashman Fr QB 14 Vincent Testaverde So FB 44 Walter Tucker Jr WR 19 Clayton Turner  So RB Mark Walton Fr TE 87 Jerome Washington  Fr WR 6 Herb Waters Sr QB 20 Michael Welch  So G 64 Hunter Wells  Sr RB 2 Joseph Yearby So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Artie Burns Jr S 2 Deon Bush Sr S 6 Jamal Carter Jr LB 41 Wyatt Chickillo  So S 25 Dallas Crawford  Sr CB 29 Corn Elder Jr DT Ryan Fines Fr LB 55 Frank Gabriel  Jr OLB 13 Marques Gayot So ILB 53 Jared Goldenberg  Fr LB Jamie Gordinier Fr OLB 5 Jermaine Grace So DE/DT 99 Jelani Hamilton  Jr DE/OLB 33 Trent Harris So CB Terrance Henley Fr DT 93 Calvin Heurtelou Sr CB 3 Tracy Howard Sr DE/OLB 31 Demetrius Jackson  Fr CB Michael Jackson Fr DT 92 Courtel Jenkins So S 26 Rayshawn Jenkins  Jr S 4 Jaquan Johnson Fr CB 24 Josh Johnson  So DE/DT 47 Ufomba Kamalu  Sr DT 90 Corey King  Sr OLB James King Fr ILB 56 Raphael Kirby Sr S Robert Knowles Fr CB 27 Ryan Mayes  Fr DE/OLB 17 Tyriq McCord Sr ILB 23 Terry McCray  Fr LB 59 Michael McGinnis So DE R. J. McIntosh Fr DT 97 Earl Moore  Jr DT/DE 95 Anthony Moten So DE/OLB 8 Al-Quadin Muhammad  So DT Kendrick Norton Fr OLB 58 Darrion Owens So DE 19 Scott Patchan Fr ILB 34 Charles Perry Fr CB Sheldrick Redwine Fr OLB 57 Mike Smith  Fr LB 36 Teddy Stavetski  Fr FS 22 Christian Gonzalez-Santos  Fr DE 9 Chad Thomas So DT 11 Michael Wyche Sr ILB 51 Juwon Young So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 48 Josh Bacon  So K/P 15 Michael Badgley So P/K 40 Grant Coffman  So K/P 97 JC Contorakes So P/K 45 Ryan Holowesko Sr K 43 Jon Semerene So P/K 16 Justin Vogel  Jr	Head coach Larry Scott (interim)/Tight Ends Coordinators/assistant coaches Mark D'Onofrio – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator James Coley – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Kevin Beard – Wide Receivers Hurlie Brown – Linebackers Tim Harris – Running Backs Art Kehoe – Offensive Line Paul Williams – Defensive Backs Brandon Lumish – Quality Control Offense Kareem Brown – Grad. Asst. Defensive Line Cole Pemberton – Grad. Asst. Offensive Line Mike Zuckerman – Grad. Asst. Outside Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Bethune-Cookman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Hurricanes	7	24	7	7	45

See also: 2015 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team

At Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	14	6	17	7	44
Owls	10	7	3	0	20

See also: 2015 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Cornhuskers	0	3	7	23	0	33
Hurricanes	17	3	10	3	3	36

See also: 2015 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Miami–Nebraska football rivalry

At Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	13	7	0	3	23
Bearcats	14	13	0	7	34

See also: 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

At Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	3	7	7	7	24
#12 Seminoles	14	6	0	9	29

See also: 2015 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida Cup

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	10	3	0	7	20
Hurricanes	10	10	3	7	30

See also: 2015 Virginia Tech Hokies football team and Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Tigers	21	21	3	13	58
Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2015 Clemson Tigers football team

At Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	14	0	16	30
#22 Blue Devils	0	3	9	15	27

See also: 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	0	8	7	6	21
Hurricanes	0	14	3	10	27

See also: 2015 Virginia Cavaliers football team

At North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	0	7	14	21
#17 Tar Heels	7	24	21	7	59

See also: 2015 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	7	0	0	14	21
Hurricanes	7	17	7	7	38

See also: 2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

At Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	17	6	0	6	29
Panthers	0	3	7	14	24

See also: 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Vs. Washington State–Sun Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	0	0	7	14
Cougars	7	13	0	0	20

See also: 2015 Washington State Cougars football team and 2015 Sun Bowl

2016 NFL Draft

Main article: 2016 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Artie Burns	Cornerback	1	25	Pittsburgh Steelers
Deon Bush	Safety	4	124	Chicago Bears