Reports for these hirings in 2025 were published on:
Corey Hetherman; January 11th
Zac Etheridge; January 28th
Damione Lewis; February 11th
Will Harris; February 13th
Last year, it took Mario 48 days from the end of season until the staff was full with the hiring of Will Harris.
The similar comparison to the 2024-2025 transition is the 2023-2024 transition.
It was reported the Miami hurricanes hired Chevis Jackson in February 18th, 2024, about a dozen days after hiring Matt Merrit. Those were the only two positions needed to be filled.
An efficient 52 days were taken to fill out two spots.
More hiring dates:
Mar 3, 2022 —
Miami coach Mario Cristobal hired former Texas Longhorns star Rodrique Wrightas their new defensive ends coach, confirmed by Inside The U
Feb 6, 2022 —
Miami has hired Michigan's Josh Gattis as its new offensive coordinator, per a source
Feb 9, 2022 — Almost a week after reportedly accepting the job, the University of Miami officially announced Kevin Steele as its
new defensive coordinator
Now we went deeper into the postseason than ever before so it’s understandable Mario is having some trouble. Our season ended on January 19th compared to the relative dates of December 28th for last year, and Mario accepting the job December 6th in 2021.
So the two longest stretches it has taken Mario to fill his on-field staff is that first year when he hired Rod Wright 86 days after the report of him taking the Miami HC job.
After going 5-7 and ending our season on November 26th, it took him 95 days to finish the staff with the hiring of Kevin Beard on March 1st, 2023.
I won’t count these ones because both men were already in the building; however, during spring ball, on March 27th 2023, it was announced that Woodiel will be the new tight ends coach while Field moved off-field to recruiting. On March 2nd 2023, it was reported Jason Taylor was the new defensive ends coach.
We are currently at 50 days since the national championship game. That is the average amount of days it has taken in the past two seasons to finish up.
By the looks of it, Mario is in line to continue this three year trend of finishing the staff up within two months; after needing an average of 90 days to complete the staff the first two seasons on the job. But you never know with Mario.