The 2019 Miami football season begins in Orlando against Florida and head coach Dan Mullen. Manny Diaz spent two seasons in two different stints as the defensive coordinator at Mississippi State under Mullen in 2010 and 2015.
Co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Ephraim Banda and outside linebackers coach Jonathan Patke worked under Diaz with the Bulldogs. Diaz left Starkville the first time to become the defensive coordinator at Texas.
Diaz’s boss at Texas was Mack Brown. Brown is now at North Carolina. The Hurricanes travel to Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels on September 7 in their second game of the season.