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List of Miami Hurricanes head football coaches

List of head football coaches for the Miami Hurricanes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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Notes

  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 2024 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]

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