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Mark Stoops a candidate for Miami opening, per report

Miami needs a new coach with Mark Richt stepping down, and it sounds like Mark Stoops is a candidate for the opening.

According to Justin Rowland of Cats Illustrated, Stoops is “likely to be a candidate” for Miami’s head-coaching job.

While it’s unclear if Stoops would actually consider this job, there’s plenty of reason to believe the Hurricanes would have him as a serious candidate. The biggest is his previous coaching stint there as the secondary coach from 2001-03, where he coached future Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed, as well as Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor.