The losses keep coming for Miami Hurricanes football and Mark Richt.
And this feels like the biggest loss of all.
Manny Diaz, the excellent defensive coordinator and father of the Turnover Chain — gone.
The news broke late Wednesday that Diaz, Miami born and raised, is taking his talents to Philadelphia’s Temple University to be the Owls’ head coach, and it is a massive and until very recently unexpected gut-punch for Richt and the UM program.
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It is recruiting season in college football, and the Canes ha one particular commitment it was most important to hang onto and not lose.