Miami Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz touched on his team’s offseason developments Monday morning, including his decision to take on defensive play-calling duties, the promotion of DeMarcus Van Dyke to cornerbacks coach and the return of Jess Simpson as defensive line coach.
Diaz, who is heading into his third year at the helm for UM after spending the previous three as defensive coordinator under Mark Richt, announced he would call plays on defense over coordinator Blake Baker, who will be retained but with less game-day responsibility. Baker is also inside linebackers coach.
“When we don’t play defense to the standard of what we expect at Miami, it’s not just so much about the play calling, in particular, as if there’s a special secret to that,” Diaz told 560-AM.