3 publications have UM in their near the top 20 for most attractive college football jobs. So take that however you want
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23. Miami (Fla.)
A number of coaches, especially those in the ACC, are down on Miami. "It's a s---- job," one coach said. Well, all right then. One thing that particularly sticks out to rival coaches is a lack of atmosphere for Miami's home games. Unless the opponent is Florida State, it's a ghost town. It makes sense, of course. The Hurricanes are playing 30-60 minutes from campus, depending on traffic, and in a part of town that has little else going on. What do you expect? "The Orange Bowl was awesome," a coach told me last fall. "How they didn't do something on that site, I'll never know. They're hurting now." Upgrades are on the way for Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphin/Dolphins/Land Shark/Sun Life Stadium -- but will that really bring in new or existing Miami fans? It's something the school is going to have to address if it's serious about growing the football program and not merely leaning on the past.
But that past does mean something. The history of "the U" is something that resonates, but more with adults than recruits. Having survived the NCAA's recent investigation, Miami now must do some soul-searching if it truly intends to reinvent itself. On the bright side, there is so much talent within a 100-mile radius of campus. Coach Al Golden has signed as many as any ACC Coastal program, and yet he hasn't done a whole lot with it. Miami is not completely broken, but it's in desperate need of repairs.
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21. Miami
Pros: With the possible exception of USC and UCLA, no school in the country has a better local recruiting base. And while the Canes have struggled in recent years, the program won a national championship as recently as 2001 and played for a title in ’02.
Cons: Miami has a small fan base and has struggled to fill its stadium. Last season, the Canes ranked 36th in the nation in attendance, averaging 53,837 per game (according to the NCAA at least) at Sun Life Stadium. The facility is 20 miles from campus and lacks the big-time college football atmosphere.
Final Verdict: Miami is an intriguing job. The recruiting base is outstanding — which gives you a great opportunity to win — but the position lacks many of the other qualities that make coaching at a big-time school so attractive.
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17. Miami
Ah, The U, a storied program of excess both on and off the field. Except when it comes to financial resources and fan support. There the Hurricanes are severely lacking, which is why they ranked here. If you could only recruit players within an hour of your campus, Miami would be the nation's best job. That's because south Florida is full of talent. Many of these players grow up dreaming of becoming Hurricane players.
But then programs with greater resources come calling, forcing Miami to rely upon its network of players and support in the city to combat schools with much greater resources. Many don't realize that Miami, a small private school, isn't very much like most other schools on this list. (USC is also a private school, but it's massive.) Miami has more in common with Duke or Vanderbilt when you analyze the student bodies than it does Florida State or Florida.
One of the best details from the Nevin Shapiro scandal is Shapiro's assertion that the reason Miami took recruits to strip clubs and on yacht trips was because they couldn't compete with the money that the big SEC schools were paying for recruits.
These ranking should increase if the admin decides to commit more resources toward football and add an IPF and own a stadium
