15 year drought. Fifth head coach in 14 years. 97-71 from the 2005 Peach to 2018 Pinstripe; 7-9 from that 10-0 start in 2017—which is what Diaz took over.
Brought into the ACC to bring some football prestige to a basketball conference. Only won the lowly Coastal once in 16 tries and yet to win the conference.
Toss in the fact that college football has grown into a huge money sport over the past decade-and-a-half—and Miami is more hamstrung than ever as a private school with a small alum base and fan base made up mostly of non-alum who don't write checks ... and the struggle is real. You don't get a top-notch AD or head coach when you don't have alum writing fat checks and demanding excellence. Only a small amount of people donate to UM (in comparison to state school football factories) while others put up billboards and fly banners, thinking that makes a difference.
Time to stop talking about the past like it was a few years ago, or to expect this program to get back to elite status—just because it was once the cream of the crop.
Completely defied the odds that Miami ever became a power in the first place—and the comeback under Butch was equally as improbable, albeit it was still a similar era to the 80's and 90's.
The sport went next-level about a decade ago money-wise and the landscape completely changed. If Miami is able to rebound from this, it will be a full-on miracle.
