This will be Miami and Western Carolina’s first meeting. Hurricanes Head Coach Jim Larranaga and Catamounts Head Coach Larry Hunter are familiar with each other, but it has been a long time. They coached against each other for eight seasons in the MAC from 1990-97 when Larranaga was at Bowling Green and Hunter was at Ohio. They split 18 games in the eight-year span.
In addition to this marking Miami’s and Western Carolina’s first meeting, this will be the first time Jim Larranaga faces the Catamounts as well. The Hurricanes are about to embark on their sixth season with Larranaga on the sidelines.