Podcast: A quiet national signing day and what Miami should be looking for in its new OC
For the first time anyone can remember, the Miami Hurricanes didn’t sign a single player on national signing day and it wasn’t an issue at all.
With 25 players signed during the early signing period, Miami’s Class of 2023 still finishes in the top 10 of the 247Sports composite rankings and at the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The lack of news means David Wilson and Susan Miller Degnan, the Hurricanes beat writer for the Miami Herald, don’t spend too much time talking recruiting on this episode of the Eye on the U podcast. Instead, it’s time to dive into the Hurricanes’ search for an offensive coordinator.
Last Friday, Miami fired Josh Gattis after just one season as the offensive coordinator in Coral Gables. It was a major failure for Mario Cristobal, but the coach will have a chance to fix his mistake by making a smarter hire this year.
What should the Hurricanes be looking for in a new OC? Wilson and Degnan discuss why it’s so important to have the coordinator on the same page as the quarterbacks coach, and how Cristobal might be able to balance his own preferences with a style we’ve seen work in South Florida.
We do throw a few names around — including former Florida Gators coach Dan Mullen, former Nebraska Cornhuskers coach Scott Frost and former UNLV Rebels coach Marcus Arroyo all are interesting to varying degrees — but mostly focus on what Miami should be looking for, rather than whom specifically they should target.
With quarterback Tyler Van Dyke set to return as an upperclassman, the Hurricanes have no excuse not to be vastly improved on offense next season.
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This story was originally published February 3, 2023 at 7:00 AM.
