“I will cut off my arms and legs before anybody considers the offensive line here to be a weakness.”
And with that, Alejandro “Alex” Mirabal had Canes fans at “hello”.
Anyone that knows anything about anything, knows if you cannot win the trenches, you will not win football games.
Standing at 5-foot-5, the former Miami Columbus High School graduate and former offensive line mate of Hurricanes head football coach Mario Cristobal, Alex Mirabal did not boast a typical frame for an offensive lineman, not even back in the 1980’s. However it was his ability to be an astute and technically sound player that allowed him to succeed on the field and be named head coach at his high school alma mater by the age of 23.