Mario Cristobal fires OC Josh Gattis after only one season at Miami

Miami will need to hire a new offensive coordinator after parting ways with Josh Gattis Friday.

In the matter of two years, Josh Gattis went from a Broyles Award winner at Michigan to out of a job in Miami.

Gattis was let go by the Miami Hurricanes on Friday morning. He came over from the Michigan Wolverines after the 2021 campaign, one in which he was deemed the top assistant coach in all of football. Given the insurmountable pressure head coach Mario Cristobal is under at his alma mater, somebody had to take the fall after the disaster that was the 2022 college football season.

Gattis will find work somewhere else soon, but it never got off the ground for him in Coral Gables.

Miami fires former offensive coordinator Josh Gattis after only one season

Combine unrealistic expectations with a 5-7 record and massive regression at the quarterback position, and you can easily understand why Miami had to move on from Gattis. No doubt about it, Cristobal is arguably on the hottest seat in the ACC entering year two at his alma mater. Gattis had been a major part on Michigan’s first playoff team, while Cristobal could never get there at Oregon.

As for where Gattis could go next, keep an eye on these two places: Alabama and, of course, Michigan. Nick Saban needs to replace Bill O’Brien after two seasons on the job. He may have already begun a lengthy search at both coordinator positions, as he has to replace Pete Golding on the defensive side of the ball as well. However, Gattis is a devalued proven commodity at OC.

Who says you can’t go home? With his predecessor Matt Weiss being terminated for more nefarious reasons up in Ann Arbor, Michigan would not be a bad landing spot for Gattis. The Wolverines are back-to-back Big Ten champions and should be in the mix to win the College Football Playoff next season, so long as they do not get matched up with a Georgia or a TCU…

What this comes down to for Miami is Cristobal has to hire the right offensive coordinator. Yes, this may be his side of the ball as a former Hurricanes offensive lineman himself, but he is more of a CEO-type head coach than anything. Miami should, in theory, have the ability to recruit at a high level, but they do not have the players on the roster to outmuscle anyone. It is why scheme is key.

Ultimately, 5-7 is not going to cut it. Miami has made a strong commitment financially to make its football program what it should be. However, another dismal season will have Cristobal venturing into Scott Frost Nebraska levels. You do not need to know how to read a crystal ball to see how that ended. It mighty be frosty to fire one of your own, but the pressure is firmly on Cristobal now.

Give Miami credit for addressing a major area of concern, no matter how bad does look optically.

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