Miami Hurricanes strength and conditioning coach Aaron Feld has officially left the Miami program, which means we won't see his Handlebar mustache anymore, unfortunately.



Feld released a statement on Instagram:

"Thank you to the University of Miami and the Hurricane Football program for a great run. I have nothing but love and respect for this football team. This was a tough decision to have to make, but ultimately the choice was clear. At the end of the day, my wife and kids deserve more from me than my circumstances allowed, so the only course of action was to change my circumstances. Failing as a husband and a father will never be an option.

"Developing a world-class performance team at The U will always be a highlight of my career, and I am leaving the Canes football program in extremely capable hands. I have no doubt they will continue to lead the profession and have great success

"To the players: I love you guys. Serving you every day has made me a better husband, father, and coach. For that, I will never be able to thank you enough. Remember, no individual is more important than The Team. Stick together and finish what you started. Who is the team?... You are!", Feld wrote on his Instagram.

Feld joined Mario when he was first named as head coach at Miami at the end of the 2021-22 season, and he has also worked alongside Mario during their time at Oregon. Now, as they part ways, we wish Feld all the best. He was hired by Cristobal at Oregon in 2018 after previously serving as the assistant director of strength and conditioning for football at Georgia.

 

Do i believe that Ervin Young is better than Feld? Yes, yes I do. Do I believe that switch is the reason why we went as far as we did? No, no I don’t.

We went 10-2 in the last two regular seasons. We were much more dominant this last year in those ten wins; however, i would contribute that to a number of factors, including improved physicality: Hetherman, K Scott and J thomas, high-end talent continuity, culture solidifying, improvement from within, Malachi Toney and Bryce Fitzgerald, better health, other personnel shifts, and dozens of other factors.

Most importantly to remember, Ervin Young was here in 2022 and 2023. He only was away for 1 season at Tennessee. And he didn’t rejoin Miami until June of ‘25; Feld led the bulk of the offseason training. So we can’t discredit what Feld did here; even for the 2025 season.

Furthermore, we have his former Miss State defensive lineman teammate, Rodney Prince, who worked as an assistant with Feld at UGA prior to Feld becoming the guy at Oregon. Feld brought him from UGA to MIA.



Victor Ishmael, Kyle Bellamy & others have all been here through multiple regime changes. Eric Renaghan, Fabian Moncayo, Peter Galasso, Houston Owens, & the assistant athletic trainers have all been here throughout Mario’s tenure.

All our S&C staff have worked under guys at different schools without Feld on staff + have their own masters degrees and certifications, however; there was a lotta overlap that suggests a continuation of sorts.

For example, Rodney Prince worked under UGA S&C coach Scott Sinclair at Marshall without Feld there; however, both were at UGA together under SS.



We got Nick Tulloch from Maryland when Feld left; yet, Nick worked with Feld & Prince at UGA under SS.

Rodney is a defensive line analyst now

 

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