Back to the Miami Hurricanes Newsfeed

Hurricanes coaches see room for improvement despite season-opening blowout victory

The Hurricanes won their season opener 70-13, but that doesn’t mean Mario Cristobal is satisfied.

“I want and need more out of the way we practice,” Cristobal said Wednesday. “We’re making progress, but it’s not enough. So we’re going to demand more of ourselves, and we’re going to teach. We’re going to keep coaching and teaching and learning, all of us together as a program.”

Miami rolled through Bethune-Cookman, an FCS team that went 2-9 in 2021, to start this year’s campaign, but Cristobal feels like there is room for improvement.

On defense, the Hurricanes coach said the team’s pass rush was “undisciplined,” said the team needed to improve in tackling and work on technique in the secondary.