He was their current Defensive Coordinator and now he is the Head Man. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2690489 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Randy Shannon helped the Miami Hurricanes win three national championships. Now he'll try to reverse their decline. Shannon, a former Hurricanes linebacker and their defensive coordinator since 2001, was chosen to replace Larry Coker as head coach and introduced at a news conference Friday. Miami fired Coker two weeks ago after the team finished the regular season 6-6, its worst record since 1997.</div>
I think it was about the only move Miami could make after Schiano turned them down. Nothing against Shannon because he's done a very good job as D-Coordinator, but I don't think this Miami job was regarded very highly by most available coaches. It's a system that needs to be cleaned up and there are substandard facilities to go with it.
