Miami Hurricanes Introduce Mario Cristobal as New Head Football Coach

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Brandon Odoi

CORAL GABLES, FL– By mid-morning Tuesday, the Miami Hurricanes had a new head coach. Mario Cristobal, a Miami native and graduate of Christopher Columbus High and the University of Miami, was chosen to be the Hurricanes new leader. Former head coach Manny Diaz was fired after going 7-5 (21-15 overall in three years) this season.

 

Reports surfaced during the weekend that the Hurricane administration was negotiating a deal with Coach Cristobal that he was preparing to accept to become its next football coach.  But the speculation was also tempered by the fact that Cristobal had a very good power five coaching job at Oregon, putting into question how he could ever leave it for Miami.

Tuesday morning, that became a reality.

 

Mario Cristobal after graduating and playing for two national championship teams at the University of Miami had become its head football coach. And it was a long time coming.  Cristobal, today, returned to a program he had been a student-athlete in, a tight ends coach, offensive line coach and today for first time he became a head coach.  Here are some notable bites from today’s introductory press conference:

Cristobal called the entire experience of being introduced at the University of Miami Head Football Coach “incredible” and at several moments during the press conference he appeared to choke up a bit and almost shed a tear.

 

 

Cristobal fielded several different questions, many centered around what would be new about the Hurricanes under his administration as the head football coach.  His simple answer was a penchant for working hard as a program and that he wants the Hurricanes to be known as a team that no one wants to play.

 

About Brandon Odoi

Brandon Odoi is a tenured journalist. He's covered youth football since 8th grade, high school football since 2009 and began covering college football in 2011 as a beat writer for the University of Miami Athletic programs. In 2011, he founded Football Hotbed a national multi-media platform for football across the country. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent his first five years as a professional working at ABC Television Network, ending his career as a producer in Miami. He's married with two sons and a daughter and resides in South Florida.
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