When Miami needed a head coach in 2015 and Mark Richt needed a job, nobody could have drawn up a better fit: Richt would return to his alma mater not only with wins piled next to his name, but a keen understanding about the program and the expectations that come with it.
His introductory news conference was fit for a homecoming king. Enthusiasm soared, airplanes toting nasty messages about firing coaches stayed parked in their hangars, and Richt got to work resurrecting a program that needed a stabilizing force like him -- after so many miserable seasons under Al Golden and Randy Shannon before him.