This will add nicely to the rivalry.
http://www.sfltimes.com/sports/sports-nation/randy-shannon-fired-after-hurricanes-lose-to-usf
RANDY SHANNON FIRED AFTER HURRICANES LOSE TO USF
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ASSOCIATED PRESS— DECEMBER 2, 2010
AP Sports Writer
CORAL GABLES — His voice nearly cracking, University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt somberly laid out some of the many reasons why Randy Shannon was right for the Hurricanes.
The academic success. Improved recruiting classes. His decades as part of the Miami family.
Then there were 22 reasons that Hocutt couldn’t ignore: the games Miami lost under Shannon. In the end, those carried more weight than anything else.
A coach who left an indelible mark on Miami’s past will not be part of its future and the Hurricanes started the process of moving on Sunday, with former offensive line coach
Jeff Stoutland taking over on an interim basis and players gathering for a tearful meeting.
“Change is difficult and change is hard,” Hocutt said Sunday. “But change, sometimes, it’s necessary. And, this time, this change was necessary”