Who shall be Hurricanes’ new offensive coordinator? Seven candidates to think about, together with ex-Dolphins WR Brian Hartline – The Mercury Information

With Josh Gattis’ long-expected departure from the Hurricanes now official, Mario Cristobal and Miami are trying to find a brand new offensive coordinator.

Final 12 months, Miami made a giant splash by hiring Gattis, who was coming off a Broyles Award-winning season at Michigan. Sadly for UM followers, it didn’t work out as deliberate. The Hurricanes ended the season 97th in offense.

Gattis, who additionally crammed the position of extensive receivers coach, is the second Hurricanes offensive assistant to depart this offseason, becoming a member of former quarterbacks coach Frank Ponce, who’s the brand new offensive coordinator at Appalachian State.

The Hurricanes might want to discover a coordinator who can double up at a type of positions and discover a new place coach for the opposite.

However first, UM wants to search out its new offensive coordinator. Here’s a quick checklist of potential candidates:

Marcus Arroyo

Arroyo, who was UNLV’s head coach till he was fired on the finish of the 2022 season, has expertise working with Cristobal.

The 43-year-old coach was co-offensive coordinator underneath Cristobal at Oregon in 2018 and was the workforce’s sole coordinator and assistant head coach in 2019. He additionally has expertise teaching quarterbacks at Cal, Oregon, San Jose State, Wyoming and with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Though Arroyo went 7-23 as a head coach at UNLV, he did enhance its offense from 119th within the nation in his first season to 76th in 2022. At Oregon, Arroyo’s 2018 offense was twenty fifth within the nation. In 2019, it was sixteenth.

Jason Candle

Candle, the pinnacle coach at Toledo, was a candidate for UM’s offensive coordinator job earlier than the 2022 season. Nonetheless, he reportedly turned down the job. May the nice and cozy climate be extra interesting this time round?

Candle has been the Rockets’ head coach since 2016 and has a 54-32 file. He has received two MAC convention titles. This 12 months, Toledo’s offense was forty fourth nationally with 31.3 factors per recreation.

It will seemingly take so much to sway Candle, who’s an Ohio native who spent most of his teaching profession at Toledo.

James Coley

Coley is co-offensive coordinator and extensive receivers coach at Texas A&M, however he has deep Miami roots. A Miami native, Coley performed for Miami Excessive and later was an assistant coach at his alma mater and Miami Norland earlier than leaping to the faculty ranks.

Coley, a Florida State alum, spent one season as offensive coordinator at Florida Worldwide whereas Cristobal was the pinnacle coach. He later was the Hurricanes’ offensive coordinator underneath Al Golden however was let go when Golden was fired.

Since leaving Miami, Coley has coached at Georgia and Texas A&M. In his one season as Georgia’s lone offensive coordinator, the Bulldogs have been forty ninth in offense. They let him go after the season.

Coley moved to A&M, the place he was named tight ends coach in 2020. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2022, however the Aggies struggled and had the No. 101 offense within the nation.

Coley can also be thought to be an ace recruiter, which might enchantment to any coach however particularly to the recruiting-minded Cristobal.

Brian Hartline

This can be a longshot and not possible candidate, though he has ties to South Florida. Hartline, a 36-year-old Ohio State alum, has spent his entire teaching profession with the Buckeyes.

Hartline was reportedly contemplating interviewing for the Cincinnati Bearcats head teaching job, however he declined and was just lately promoted to the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator.

The promotion would make it appear not possible that Hartline would depart, however Cristobal did pull defensive coordinator Kevin Steele from Maryland after Steele had already began working for the Terrapins previous to final season.

Hartline, a former Miami Dolphins extensive receiver, can be an enormous recruiting coup, as he has secured a number of the nation’s high pass-catchers the previous few seasons. Nonetheless, Hartline doesn’t have play-calling expertise.

Hartline was chosen by the Dolphins within the fourth spherical of the 2009 draft and spent six seasons in Miami, the place he had consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in 2012 and 2013. He then spent one season along with his hometown Cleveland Browns earlier than retiring after the 2015 season.

Scott Frost

Frost, the previous Nebraska coach, is a nonetheless a free agent after being let go by the Cornhuskers final fall.

Frost’s tenure at his alma mater was a disappointment, as he went 16-31 over components of 5 seasons. Nonetheless, his profitable tenures at Oregon and UCF weren’t that way back.

Frost was the offensive coordinator with the Geese (although his time didn’t overlap with Cristobal’s stint in Eugene, Oregon) from 2013-2015, and he had expertise teaching quarterbacks and extensive receivers. Oregon’s offense was within the nationwide high 5 every of these seasons, and he coached Heisman-winning quarterback Marcus Mariota.

His success at Oregon led to his first head teaching job at UCF. Whereas with the Knights, he went 19-7 and received a claimed nationwide title with a 13-0 file in 2017. The 2017 workforce had the most effective offense within the nation, averaging 48.2 factors.

Tommy Rees

Rees, the 30-year-old Notre Dame offensive coordinator, reportedly interviewed for the Hurricanes’ coordinator job in 2022 earlier than the job was given to Gattis. He additionally reportedly thought-about a place on LSU’s employees underneath former boss Brian Kelly, so he has thought-about leaving his alma mater.

Rees, a former Preventing Irish quarterback, was named Notre Dame’s quarterbacks coach in 2017 and spent three seasons in that place. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2020.

In three seasons with Rees because the coordinator, Notre Dame’s offense has completed thirtieth, nineteenth and forty first nationally.

Jeff Scott

Scott, like Frost, is presently a free agent. The previous USF coach couldn’t flip the Bulls’ program round, going 4-26 in three seasons in Tampa.

However Scott did have a number of success when he was the offensive coordinator at Clemson underneath Dabo Swinney.

Scott spent 12 seasons on the Clemson employees, beginning because the extensive receivers coach in 2008. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator and extensive receivers coach in 2015 and spent 5 seasons in that place.

Whereas at Clemson, he helped the Tigers attain the School Soccer Playoff in all 5 seasons and received two nationwide titles. Clemson’s offense was within the high 15 within the nation in 4 of these 5 years, peaking at No. 4 in 2018 and 2019.

On these Clemson groups, Scott helped coach future NFL extensive receivers Justyn Ross, Tee Higgins, Amari Rogers and Hunter Renfrow.

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