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Exactly. On top of playing together in college, they coached together for 11 straight seasons at UVA, Temple and Miami. Like I said earlier, it’s not uncommon for bosses in any field to bring in people they’ve worked with before. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re tied at the hip. Would...

He was a GA at Texas but he was hired before Manny got there. After that, it was one season at LTU. It’s not uncommon for coaches to hire guys they’re already familiar with. ****, it’s common in every single business field. But it’s nothing like Golden and D’Onofrio. They played college football...

There’s definitely a friendly relationship between the two but it’s not some long time working relationship like Golden and D’Onofrio had where they worked together for years at multiple stops.

There’s been multiple reports that he is out. Not official yet but more than one source is reporting this. Keep up.

Baker was a Safeties coach under Manny at LTU for one season. When Manny took the Mississippi State DC job in 2015, Baker got promoted to DC at Louisiana Tech. They didn’t coach together again until Manny got the head coach job here in 2019. He definitely cut his teeth under Diaz but they’re...

I didn’t get the “Manny is never going to get rid of Baker. They’re best friends” take. What exactly were people basing that on? Al Golden wouldn’t fire D’Onofrio so no Miami coach ever will fire a colleague? There was absolutely zero evidence that suggested Manny and Baker were somehow attached...