The Miami Hurricanes will retain football coach Al Golden despite a 6-6 season that has left much of the Hurricanes fan base angry and disappointed by his lack of success.
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Michigan fired Brady Hoke on Tuesday, an act many Miami Hurricanes fans would have wished had happened with Al Golden.
The U’s fanbase certainly aren’t thrilled about the fact that Golden will return to coach the Hurricanes in 2015, a decision that was formally announced by school president Blake James. Either James has a lot of faith in Golden or the bar has been set pretty low these days in Miami, where the Hurricanes finished the regular season 6-6 following a loss to Pittsburgh last week that marked the team’s third straight loss.
Golden’s 28-21 record isn’t reminding anyone of Jimmy Johnson or Dennis Erickson, yet the school’s financial problems assures Miami wouldn’t simply be able to ditch Golden in pursuit of someone who can return the Hurricanes to the glory days that led to five national championships between 1983-2001. Miami hasn’t had a 10-win season since going 11-2 in 2003 and Golden’s 9-4 campaign last season was just the second time the Hurricanes had hit that mark since 2005.
Miami was 6-3 following a 47-20 rout of North Carolina on November 1, yet losses to Florida State, Virginia and Pittsburgh left the Hurricanes 3-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. A bowl game is a strong possibility, yet a loss would give the team its first losing season since 2007.
Things were going bad for Golden even when things were good, as a “Fire Al Golden” sign flew over Sun Life Stadium during the Hurricanes’ win over Cincinnati in October.