2016 Miami Hurricanes football team

2016 Miami Hurricanes football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
2016 record	8–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Thomas Brown (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Manny Diaz (1st year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Hard Rock Stadium (Capacity: 64,982)

2016 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 3 Clemson xy$		7	–	1		12	–	1
No. 15 Louisville x		7	–	1		9	–	3
No. 10 Florida State		5	–	3		9	–	3
NC State		3	–	5		6	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5		6	–	6
Boston College		2	–	6		6	–	6
Syracuse		2	–	6		4	–	8
Coastal Division
No. 18 Virginia Tech xy		6	–	2		9	–	4
North Carolina		5	–	3		8	–	4
Miami		5	–	3		8	–	4
No. 22 Pittsburgh		5	–	3		8	–	4
Georgia Tech		4	–	4		8	–	4
Duke		1	–	7		4	–	8
Virginia		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") will represent the University of Miami during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first year head coach Mark Richt, they will play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. They will compete in of 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.

Personnel

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.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 PM	Florida A&M*		Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN+	W 70–3	60,703
September 10	6:00 PM	Florida Atlantic*	No. 25	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN+	W 38–10	57,123
September 17	12:00 PM	at Appalachian State*	No. 25	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN	W 45–10	34,658
October 1	12:00 PM	at Georgia Tech	No. 14	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN2	W 35–21	53,047
October 8	8:00 PM	No. 23 Florida State	No. 10	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (Florida Cup Rivalry)	ABC	L 19–20	65,685
October 15	3:30 PM	North Carolina	No. 16	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ABC/ESPN2	L 13–20	58,731
October 20	7:30 PM	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 16–37	63,507
October 29	3:30 PM	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	NBC	L 27–30	80,795
November 5	12:30 PM	Pittsburgh		Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	W 51–28	51,796
November 12	2:00 PM	at Virginia		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	W 34–14	39,867
November 19	12:30 PM	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 27–13	56,263
November 26	3:30 PM	Duke		Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	W 40–21	57,396
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	25	25	15	14	10	16	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	25	19	14	10	17	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR		Not released

Game summaries

Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	0	3	0	0	3
Hurricanes	14	14	42	0	70

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–1	2014	MIA, 41–7

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	3	7	0	10
#25 Hurricanes	0	14	10	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	MIA, 44–20

at Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Hurricanes	21	3	14	7	45
Mountaineers	0	3	7	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Hurricanes	7	21	7	0	35
Yellow Jackets	0	14	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–11	2015	MIA, 38–21

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Seminoles	0	3	14	3	20
#10 Hurricanes	3	10	0	6	19

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–29	2015	FSU, 29–24

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	10	10	0	0	20
#16 Hurricanes	0	3	7	3	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–10	2015	UNC, 59–21

at Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	3	6	7	0	16
Hokies	3	13	14	7	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–13	2015	MIA, 30–20

at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	7	10	10	27
Fighting Irish	17	3	0	10	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–17–1	2012	ND, 41–3

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	14	0	7	28
Hurricanes	17	10	7	17	51

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–10–1	2015	MIA, 29–24

at Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	10	10	7	34
Cavaliers	7	7	0	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–6	2015	MIA, 27–21

at NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	3	0	14	10	27
Wolfpack	0	3	7	3	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–5–1	2012	MIA, 44–37

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	7	21
Hurricanes	10	6	17	7	40

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–2	2015	MIA, 30–27

References

↑ "Mark Richt finalizes coaching staff". The Miami Hurricane. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
↑ "2016 Miami Hurricanes Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

Miami Hurricanes football

Venues	Orange Bowl (1937–2007) Hard Rock Stadium (2008–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida (Florida Cup; Seminole War Canoe) Florida State (Florida Cup) Nebraska Virginia Tech

Culture & lore	Sebastian the Ibis Band of the Hour The U Quarterback U Hail Flutie Catholics vs. Convicts Miami 4–3 defense Wide Right I Wide Right II FIU–Miami brawl 2011 athletics scandal

People	Head coaches NFL players Statistical leaders

Seasons	1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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