Mack and Manny: How their Texas past influenced their present

SBNation/Burnt Orange Nation It was a humiliating end to what was a promising season for the Hurricanes. Miami was drummed to the tune of a 35-3 loss, with no positive momentum entering a long offseason. For former Hurricanes’ defensive coordinator Manny Diaz, it was a bitter end in what was supposed to be his final game in Orange and Green. Steadfast in his resolve to coach the Miami defense a final time, days after being introduced as the head coach at Temple University, the result didn’t mirror the level of production that he had instilled since his arrival in 2016. As he walked off the field at Yankee Stadium, suffering the second consecutive bowl loss at the hands of the Wisconsin Badgers, Diaz had to wonder if this was truly how his career at UM would conclude.

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