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The Hurricanes are on a path back to greatness, but not there yet. The coach is trying to set a good example for his players and keep them out of jail. Very admirable.
Miami HAS THE 2ND Best graduation rate among athletes at 86% in the country, only Stanford graduates more athletes at 91%.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Miami fired coach Randy Shannon on Saturday, hours after the Hurricanes finished a 7-5 regular season.
The fate of all members of Shannon's staff has not been determined, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the university is not announcing the move until Sunday. Some, if not all, will remain for Miami's bowl game.
Shannon received a four-year extension just before the start of the 2010 season. He was 28-22 in four seasons at Miami.
Miami athletic director Kirby Hocutt, who made the decision on Shannon's fate, did not return calls and text messages seeking comment. Hocutt made the decision shortly after Miami lost to South Florida 23-20 in overtime on Saturday afternoon, in a game where only about 27,000 people filled the 73,000 seats at Sun Life Stadium.
University of Miami cornerback Ryan Hill was on a team bus that included his head coach, Randy Shannon, as it pulled into Sun Life Stadium for the regular-season finale Saturday against South Florida.
Linebackers Colin McCarthy and Sean Spence pointed to the giant banner flapping behind an airplane, and ``the whole bus immediately turned and looked,'' Hill said. Here is what they saw:
"4 YEARS 0 ACC TITLES LOTS OF EXCUSES FIRE SHANNON.''
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