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The season opened with a victory over Marshall in his first game as head coach. The second game was a 51-13 loss to the [[University of Oklahoma]] in a nationally televised game, one of the most lopsided defeats in the program's history.
The season opened with a victory over Marshall in his first game as head coach. The second game was a 51-13 loss to the [[University of Oklahoma]] in a nationally televised game, one of the most lopsided defeats in the program's history.


Miami did defeat then-20th ranked [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]] in the third game, but then collapsed completely, losing to unranked [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] and, in the Orange Bowl, to unranked [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] and [[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]]. One highlight was Miami's fourth quarter comeback against rival [[Florida State University|Florida State]]. However, this was offset by the team's embarrassing final appearance ever at the Orange Bowl in which Miami suffered a crushing 48-0 loss against 21st [[University of Virginia]], the worst loss for the program in the history of its play at the Orange Bowl and the worst overall loss since the 1998 Canes' loss at Syracuse (66–13).
Miami did defeat then-20th ranked [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]] in the third game, but then lost to unranked [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] and, in the Orange Bowl, to unranked [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] and [[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]]. One highlight was Miami's fourth quarter comeback against rival [[Florida State University|Florida State]]. However, this was offset by the team's loss at the Orange Bowl in which Miami suffered a crushing 48-0 loss against 21st ranked[[University of Virginia]](Miami was unranked at the time), the worst loss for the program in the history of its play at the Orange Bowl and the worst overall loss since the 1998 Canes' loss at Syracuse (66–13).


Miami finished the season losing to [[Boston College]] 28&ndash;14. Under Shannon, the team lost 6 out of their 7 last games, finishing with a losing record and failing to qualify for a bowl game for the first time in over a decade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newschief.com/article/20080821/NEWS/808210360/1019/sports01&title=Shannon___Canes_seeking_quick_turnaround|title=Shannon, 'Canes seeking quick turnaround}}</ref>
Miami finished the season losing to [[Boston College]] 28&ndash;14. Under Shannon, the team lost 6 out of their 7 last games, finishing with a losing record and failing to qualify for a bowl game for the first time in over a decade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newschief.com/article/20080821/NEWS/808210360/1019/sports01&title=Shannon___Canes_seeking_quick_turnaround|title=Shannon, 'Canes seeking quick turnaround}}</ref>
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===2008 season===
===2008 season===
Prior to the start of the 2008 season, Shannon was ranked dead last in a ''[[Sporting News]]'' ranking of the 66 [[BCS conference|BCS head coaches]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=398075|title=Ranking the BCS coaches: USC's Carroll second to none|accessdate=2008-08-06|date=[[April 10]], [[2008]]|publisher=''[[Sporting News]]''}}</ref>


Shannon's squad finished the 2008 season with a 7-6 record (4-4 [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]) and a loss to [[2008 California Golden Bears football team|Cal]] in the [[Emerald Bowl]]. The regular season was highlighted by losses to in-state rivals [[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] and [[2008 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]], and a surprising victory over eventual-ACC Champion [[2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Virginia Tech]]. Miami's loss to Florida, the eventual national champion, was its first in the rivalry since 1985 and snapped a 6-game winning streak over the Gators. After the game, Shannon garnered national media attention when he implicitly accused Florida head coach [[Urban Meyer]] of trying to run up the score late in the Gators' 26-3 win and suggested that it was an indictment of Meyer's character that should not go unnoticed by recruits.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2008-09-08-tebow-shannon_N.htm</ref> The 'Canes briefly returned to the [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings|Top 25 rankings]] for the first time since early in the [[2006 NCAA Division I-A football season|2006 season]] before surrendering 472 rushing yards—and 518 yards of total offense—to unranked [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] in a 41-23 late-November blowout loss that eliminated Miami from ACC Championship contention.<ref name="georgiatech08">{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=283250059|title=Georgia Tech racks up 473 rushing yards, dampers No. 23 Miami's ACC title hopes|date=November 20, 2008|publisher=ESPN.com|accessdate=2009-02-19}}</ref> Tech's 472 yards on the ground were the second most ever allowed by Miami.<ref name="georgiatech08"/> The following week, the Hurricanes were defeated at [[North Carolina State Wolfpack football|North Carolina State]], 38-28, in the final game of the regular season.
Shannon's squad finished the 2008 season with a 7-6 record (4-4 [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]) and a loss to [[2008 California Golden Bears football team|Cal]] in the [[Emerald Bowl]]. The regular season was marked by losses to in-state rivals [[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] and [[2008 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]], and a victory over eventual-ACC Champion [[2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Virginia Tech]]. Miami's loss to Florida, the eventual national champion, was its first in the rivalry since 1985 and snapped a 6-game winning streak over the Gators; however, the eventual national champion Gators were still only able to score 26 points against unranked Miami in the loss, despite the game being played in Gainesville, UF's home, which gave UF homefield advantage. After the game, Shannon garnered national media attention when he implicitly accused Florida head coach [[Urban Meyer]] of trying to run up the score late in the Gators' 26-3 win and suggested that it was an indictment of Meyer's character that should not go unnoticed by recruits.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2008-09-08-tebow-shannon_N.htm</ref> This comment by Shannon was inspired by the Gator's decision to kick a late field goal with time winding down in the 4th quarter. By kicking the meaningless field goal, UF's margin of victory was greater than the spread predicted by oddsmakers. The 'Canes briefly returned to the [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings|Top 25 rankings]] for the first time since early in the [[2006 NCAA Division I-A football season|2006 season]] before surrendering 472 rushing yards—and 518 yards of total offense—to unranked [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] in a 41-23 late-November loss that eliminated Miami from ACC Championship contention.<ref name="georgiatech08">{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=283250059|title=Georgia Tech racks up 473 rushing yards, dampers No. 23 Miami's ACC title hopes|date=November 20, 2008|publisher=ESPN.com|accessdate=2009-02-19}}</ref> Tech's 472 yards on the ground were the second most ever allowed by Miami.<ref name="georgiatech08"/> The following week, the Hurricanes were defeated at [[North Carolina State Wolfpack football|North Carolina State]], 38-28, in the final game of the regular season.


Miami then received an invitation to the Emerald Bowl in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], where the Hurricanes lost 24-17 to Cal.
Miami then received an invitation to the Emerald Bowl in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], where the Hurricanes fell 24-17 to Cal. Shannon was widely criticized for the team's clock management in the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/8995402/Five-thoughts-on-Cal's-Emerald-Bowl-win|title=Five thoughts on Cal's Emerald Bowl win|date=December 28, 2008|publisher=FoxSports.com|accessdate=2009-02-19}}</ref><ref>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/12/28/randy-shannons-clock-management-skills-could-use-a-little-impro/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_college_hurricanes/2008/12/emerald-bowl-th.html|title=Emerald Bowl thoughts|last=Richardson|first=Shondell|date=December 28, 2008|publisher=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=2009-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2008/12/29/1229umfoot.html|title=Miami Hurricanes fire offensive coordinator Patrick Nix|last=Milian|first=Jorge|date=December 29, 2008|publisher=Palm Beach Post|accessdate=2009-02-19}}</ref>


====Off-season turmoil====
====Off-season turmoil====

Revision as of 22:01, 1 May 2009

Randy Shannon

Randy Lennard Shannon (born February 24, 1966 in Miami, Florida) is the current head football coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes.[1] He has led the Hurricanes to a 12–13 record in his first two years as head coach.[2]

Playing career

Shannon is a graduate of Miami Norland High School in Miami Gardens, Florida. He played college football for the University of Miami, starting at outside linebacker for the 1987 national championship team.

After graduating in 1988, Shannon played briefly as a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys.

Coaching career

Early years

Shannon was first hired by Miami coach Dennis Erickson in 1991 to be a graduate assistant. He later became the team's defensive line coach and linebackers coach. Shannon worked as linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins in 2000 and as a defensive assistant in 1998 and 1999.

In 2001, Miami coach Larry Coker hired Shannon to be the defensive coordinator. That year Shannon received the Broyles Award given annually to the best assistant coach in college football.

During Shannon's six years as UM's defensive coordinator, his defenses ranked as follows in total defense nationally:

University of Miami Head Coach

Shannon was officially introduced as the head coach of Miami on December 8, 2006, replacing Larry Coker in the position. Shannon reportedly agreed to a four-year deal worth over $4 million. He was the sixth black head coach at the time in Division I-A NCAA football, the others being Kevin Sumlin, (University of Houston), Sylvester Croom (Mississippi State), Tyrone Willingham (Washington), Ron Prince (KSU), and Turner Gill (Buffalo). Coker stayed on to coach the team to a 21–20 MPC Computers Bowl victory over the University of Nevada; Shannon assumed all other functions, including recruiting, immediately upon his hiring.[3]

2007: Debut season

Shannon's first decision as head coach was to remove the players' surnames from their jerseys. This led The Miami Herald to jokingly refer to the team as a "no name offense, no name defense." Fans found the decision made the game more difficult to follow. [4]

The season opened with a victory over Marshall in his first game as head coach. The second game was a 51-13 loss to the University of Oklahoma in a nationally televised game, one of the most lopsided defeats in the program's history.

Miami did defeat then-20th ranked Texas A&M in the third game, but then lost to unranked North Carolina and, in the Orange Bowl, to unranked Georgia Tech and North Carolina State. One highlight was Miami's fourth quarter comeback against rival Florida State. However, this was offset by the team's loss at the Orange Bowl in which Miami suffered a crushing 48-0 loss against 21st rankedUniversity of Virginia(Miami was unranked at the time), the worst loss for the program in the history of its play at the Orange Bowl and the worst overall loss since the 1998 Canes' loss at Syracuse (66–13).

Miami finished the season losing to Boston College 28–14. Under Shannon, the team lost 6 out of their 7 last games, finishing with a losing record and failing to qualify for a bowl game for the first time in over a decade.[5]

Two days after the season ended, one of Miami's former players, Sean Taylor, was shot in his home in Miami. Shannon expressed frustration over the media's handling of such incidents, alleging that the coverage made it appear as though the University of Miami is a haven for crime.[6]

2008 season

Shannon's squad finished the 2008 season with a 7-6 record (4-4 ACC) and a loss to Cal in the Emerald Bowl. The regular season was marked by losses to in-state rivals Florida and Florida State, and a victory over eventual-ACC Champion Virginia Tech. Miami's loss to Florida, the eventual national champion, was its first in the rivalry since 1985 and snapped a 6-game winning streak over the Gators; however, the eventual national champion Gators were still only able to score 26 points against unranked Miami in the loss, despite the game being played in Gainesville, UF's home, which gave UF homefield advantage. After the game, Shannon garnered national media attention when he implicitly accused Florida head coach Urban Meyer of trying to run up the score late in the Gators' 26-3 win and suggested that it was an indictment of Meyer's character that should not go unnoticed by recruits.[7] This comment by Shannon was inspired by the Gator's decision to kick a late field goal with time winding down in the 4th quarter. By kicking the meaningless field goal, UF's margin of victory was greater than the spread predicted by oddsmakers. The 'Canes briefly returned to the Top 25 rankings for the first time since early in the 2006 season before surrendering 472 rushing yards—and 518 yards of total offense—to unranked Georgia Tech in a 41-23 late-November loss that eliminated Miami from ACC Championship contention.[8] Tech's 472 yards on the ground were the second most ever allowed by Miami.[8] The following week, the Hurricanes were defeated at North Carolina State, 38-28, in the final game of the regular season.

Miami then received an invitation to the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, where the Hurricanes lost 24-17 to Cal.

Off-season turmoil

The nascent off-season has thus far been marked by turmoil for Shannon and the Hurricanes. In the immediate aftermath of the bowl game, Shannon fired his offensive coordinator, Patrick Nix, over philosophical differences. Nix wanted to employ more of a spread attack, whereas Shannon remained committed to Miami's traditional pro style offense. Shannon eventually hired former Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach Mark Whipple for the position.

Nix's departure was followed by news that Robert Marve, a highly-touted redshirt-freshman quarterback who started 11 of Miami's 13 games during the season, asked for a release to transfer to another school.[9] Marve cited a strained relationship with Shannon as his reason for leaving. Shannon granted the request, but initially included broad restrictions blocking Marve from transferring to any school in the ACC, SEC, or state of Florida.[10] After the conditions drew harsh criticism from Marve's father, his former high school coach, and members of the media[11][12], Shannon softened his stance somewhat by dropping the blanket SEC prohibition and barring Marve from three SEC schools in particular: Florida, LSU, and Tennessee. In defending the new restrictions, the athletic department alleged that Marve's camp initiated improper contact with the three schools during the season. After a hearing before the university's athletics appeals committee, Eugene Marve claimed that Shannon did not produce any evidence of the allegation and instead argued that allowing the banned transfers would hurt Miami in the "recruiting wars."[13] Ultimately, the committee partially repealed the restrictions, permitting Marve to transfer in-state to either South Florida or Central Florida but upholding the prohibitions on a transfer to Florida, LSU, or Tennessee.

On the heels of the Marve saga, wide receiver Jermaine McKenzie announced that he was transferring to Memphis. McKenzie became the fourth member of Shannon's first recruiting class to transfer out of the program during the off-season, joining Marve, tight end Daniel Adderley, and running back Shawnbrey McNeal.[14]

Shannon's staff suffered more upheaval when defensive coordinator Bill Young left to assume the same position at Oklahoma State, his alma mater, in late January.[15] Young's departure made him the third offensive or defensive coordinator to leave the program during Shannon's two seasons as head coach, joining Nix and former defensive coordinator Tim Walton, both of whom were fired. North Carolina assistant John Lovett was hired to replace Young in February.[16]

Recruiting

Though Shannon's teams have gone through struggles on the field, he has still brought in recruiting classes ranked in the top 25.[17][18][19] Two members of his second recruiting class were recognized as mid-season freshman All-Americans.[20]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
University of Miami (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2007–present)
2007 Miami 5–7 2–6 5th, Coastal — —
2008 Miami 7–6 4–4 t-3rd, Coastal L Emerald Bowl — —
Miami: 12–13 6–10
Total: 12–13
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ^ Susan Maller Degnan; et al. (2006-12-07). "UM chooses Shannon as head football coach". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2006-12-07. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Miami(Florida).htm
  3. ^ The Associated Press, Mark Schlabach & Joe Schad (2006-12-07). "Defensive coordinator Shannon new Miami Coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
  4. ^ "A No Name Offense and Defense," The Miami Herald, July 24, 2007, page 3D.
  5. ^ "Shannon, 'Canes seeking quick turnaround".
  6. ^ "Shannon exclusive (part I)". Miami Herald. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2007-11-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2008-09-08-tebow-shannon_N.htm
  8. ^ a b "Georgia Tech racks up 473 rushing yards, dampers No. 23 Miami's ACC title hopes". ESPN.com. November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  9. ^ Joey Johnston (Dec. 31, 2008). ""Drama-Filled Marve Saga at UM Comes to End'"". Tampa Tribune. Retrieved Dec. 31, 2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  10. ^ Robert Marve leaving Miami; 'Canes set tight transfer restrictions
  11. ^ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-marve010308&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
  12. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=3815468&sportCat=ncf
  13. ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colleges/story/844463.html?asset_id=845333&asset_type=gallery
  14. ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/606/story/834122.html
  15. ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/863553.html
  16. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/02/09/miami.ap/index.html?eref=sircrc
  17. ^ http://rivals100.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?postype=0&sort=0&year=2007
  18. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/columns/story?columnist=luginbill_tom&id=3233826.
  19. ^ http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2009
  20. ^ season.http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=863234
Sporting positions
Preceded by Miami Hurricanes Defensive Coordinator
2001–2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by University of Miami Head Football Coach
2007– 		Succeeded by
current
Awards
Preceded by Broyles Award for Assistant Coach of the Year
2001 		Succeeded by
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