Al Golden

Miami Hurricanes Sign Five-Star Recruit Kc McDermott to 2014 Class

Could Al Golden's recruiting problems at the University of Miami be over? Today the Hurricanes landed a commitment from five-star offensive tackle Kc McDermott out of Palm Beach Central High. The commitment is an early win for Golden's 2014 class, and one of the 'Canes first big catch since the NCAA ... More >>

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Canes' Al Golden Hates Florida

University of Miami Abandoning Florida's High School Football Stars

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke analyzes the Miami Hurricanes' sudden aversion to Florida high school football players.The University of Miami football program r ... More >>

Al Golden is Mad As Hell at the NCAA And He's Not Going to Take It Anymore

Following a mediocre signing days for the 'Canes, University of Miami Hurricanes Coach Al Golden decided to tell the NCAA how he really feels. The coach, now preparing for his third season at the school, was hired by the program without being informed of the looming Nevin Shapiro sanctions. Tod ... More >>

How the Miami Hurricanes' Nevin Shapiro Scandal Became the Most Boring in College Sports

When Yahoo! Sports reporter Charles Robinson first hinted to the world that he was working on a story that became the Miami Hurricane's scandal, he promised on ESPN Radio that on the outrage meter, it would merit a ten.Yeah, in retrospect he might have wanted to dial that back to a seven or an eight ... More >>

Al Golden Isn't Going to Wisconsin

Fair not, 'Canes fans. Despite another round of rumors that a school was interested in poaching head coach Al Golden, the man in the orange tie has once again reconfirmed his commitment to the Coral Gables school. Rumors were floating as early as last week that Golden was being considered in th ... More >>

Wisconsin Reportedly Interested in Hurricanes Coach Al Golden

Al Golden has only compiled a 13-11 record as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes, but he's done so under difficult circumstances. His efforts have caught the eye of other schools' Athletic Directors, and he's been rumored as a possible candidate for recent vacancies at Boston College and Tennessee. ... More >>

The Miami Hurricanes Are the New TMZ According to Al Golden

Much like a gossip blog, the Miami Hurricanes have been chugging along with scandals, crime and epic fails for the past few years, so head coach Al Golden pretty much hit it on the head when he said, "It's been TMZ since I've been here."

Donna Shalala Must Ease Up on UM Football

Donna Shalala Is Running Hurricanes Football Into the Ground

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses the sorry state of Hurricanes football.It is University of Miami Coach Al Golden's second year on the job, and he's on h ... More >>

Hurricanes Trouble: Al Golden Ain't Got Much Love for Randy Shannon's Recruits

It's always awkward when a new college football head coach comes to town, especially for the players who were recruited by the previous guy.Two upperclassmen with the Miami Hurricanes, both recruited by fired coach Randy Shannon, have quit in the past month, leading to speculation that Al Golden is ... More >>

Are We Excited About Miami Hurricanes Football Season? Can We Pretend to Get Excited?

It's not so great to be a Miami Hurricane.The cloud of an NCAA investigation looms over the program all because a pathetic, Ponzi scheming manchild decided it would be a real cool idea to buy the friendship of college kids. Much of the ballyhooed-but-ultimately-disappointing 2008 recruiting class is ... More >>

Howard Schnellenberger Thinks the 2012 Canes Are the Best Damn Team He's Ever Seen

While there are plenty of talking heads doubtful that Al Golden's young Miami Hurricanes will even be able to win six games this season, old Howard Schnellenberger put down his pipe for a second, traveled down to Coral Gables, took one look at the team, and decided they were just about the best damn ... More >>

Hurricanes Coach Al Golden Will Not Let These New Yahoo! Sports Allegations Sully His Good Name

Another summer, another report from Yahoo! Sports making allegations about the University of Miami football program. The latest, which hit the web late Friday, are decidedly less dramatic than last summer's stories of hooker yacht parties and such. However, the newest allegations do implicate curren ... More >>

Kevin Olsen, 7th Best QB Prospect In Nation, Commits to Miami Hurricanes

Its a sad, sad day in the Miami sports world. The Marlins got stomped last night. Longtime Dolphin Yeremiah Bell is now a Jet. And, well, the less said about the Heat the better. So, lets try and focus on a tiny bit of good news for the only team that truly matters: the Miami Hurricanes.The team jus ... More >>

University of Miami Football Team Advertising For "Any Student That Is At Least 6'1 And 230 Pounds"

Is this a sign of a University of Miami football apocalypse? The Hurricanes are are posting fliers around the school Wellness Center, asking "any student that is at least 6'1 and 230 pounds" to contact the team about becoming offensive linemen. We gotta say, this does not strike us as Division-1 ... More >>

National Signing Day: Hurricanes Nab No. 1 CB, Could Finish with Top Ten Class

​National signing day started out with a bang for Al Golden and his Miami Hurricanes. Tracy Howard, the number one cover cornerback in the nation and a Miramar High star, surprisingly picked the U over both FSU and UF after only making his first official visit to the school last weekend. The coup ... More >>

Al Golden Rebuffs Interest from UCLA, Stays Put in Coral Gables

​Al Golden's surprising contract extension apparently wasn't enough to let the rest of the college football world know that the coach isn't planning on abandoning the University of Miami ship anytime soon.After firing head coach Rick Neuheisel, the UCLA athletic department reportedly decided t ... More >>

Al Golden Gets Four Year Contract Extension After Losing to BC

Last year the Miami Hurricanes finished a pathetically mediocre season with an embarrassing home loss to an inferior opponent and fired their head coach. This year they finished yet another pathetically mediocre season with an embarrassing home loss to an inferior opponent and ga ... More >>

Hurricanes Won't Play in Some Crappy Bowl Game, but Penalty Possibilities Looking Less Serious

​A few months ago, Yahoo! Sports' piece about claims made by convicted Ponzi schemer and Miami Hurricanes booster Nevin Shapiro put the phrase death penalty on a lot of folks' lips. As the months have passed, though, there's little indication that the NCAA's punishment will be so severe. Sure, the ... More >>

Bad Chicken

As Joe Paterno Retires, Al Golden Doesn't Quite Shoot Down Rumor He's Penn State Candidate

​With a teary confession that he should have done more to investigate allegations that ex-defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky had molested a young boy in the team's showers, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno announced today he will stop down at the end of the season. Scandal aside, that ... More >>

Al Golden's Agent Says He's Still Working on Bringing a National Championship to UM

​Despite being quoted by CBSSports.com yesterday saying that the University of Miami wants to renegotiate Al Golden's contract, and implying that the coach wouldn't be above abandoning ship if the team was hit by crippling NCAA sanctions, Golden's agent Adam Senior now says that Golden will honor ... More >>

Al Golden May Renegotiate Contract, Making it Easier for Him to Leave

​Is Miami Hurricanes head coach Al Golden hoping to get out of his contract with the University of Miami if the NCAA hands down crippling sanctions related to the Nevin Shapiro scandal? His agent Brett Senior seems to hint so in an interview with CBSSports.com, and suggests that Golden may be look ... More >>

Miami Hurricanes Likely Lose First Recruit, Keith Brown, Because of Impending NCAA Sanctions

​The attention has shifted somewhat back to the Miami Hurricanes losses on the field, but NCAA sanctions are still looming for the school's massive off-field failure to keep its players away from douche king sports booster Nevin Shapiro. It took a surprisingly long time, but it seems that one of t ... More >>

Miami Hurricanes vs. Maryland Terrapins: Well, It Could Be Worse

​As we all know college football is purely an amateur sport. The kind of mere amateur sport, of course, where a broadcast powerhouse can look at its TV schedule, realize it has a Labor Day hole, and coerce a team that historically guarantees good ratings to change its schedule so everyone can make ... More >>

Al Golden Feels Duped by University of Miami

​When Al Golden was plucked from college football obscurity as head coach of the Temple Owls to take over the Miami Hurricanes, a storied program that needed just a bit of fine tuning to be competitive again, it seemed like -- pardon the pun -- a Golden opportunity. Now, if an NCAA investigation p ... More >>

Hurricanes Have Eighth Best 2012 Recruiting Class, So Far

You know what we could use right now? Some positive sports news on this, the Miami sports fans' somber morning of despair. Thankfully, things are looking up for that team that originally brought this town a boastful, brash, and talent-rich line up that inspired so, so much hatred. Yes, the Miami Hur ... More >>

How Many Quarterbacks Does Al Golden Want? All of the Quarterbacks

​Miami Hurricanes coach Al Golden has a fever, and the only cure is more quarterbacks. The 'Canes didn't draft a single QB this year, and Golden will only have three slingers at his disposal next season (only two of whom are actual options). Yet, he imagines a day where the team has as many as six ... More >>

Video: Michael Irvin Screams at 'Canes Before Spring Game

​Last month, Hurricanes coach Al Golden took a little bit of internet heat for posting a quote from former 'Canes star Michael Irvin all over the team's facilities. After all, the guy's past off-the-field trouble make Brandon Marshall look like a boy scout. However, Golden seems enamored with the ... More >>

Gators Coach Will Muschamp Disses Hurricanes

​Barring some sort of bowl matchup, the Florida Gators and the Miami Hurricanes won't meet again on the football field until 2013, but the two programs are always locked in an intense recruiting war for players and, occasionally, personnel. Wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill was one of the few staff ... More >>

Hurricanes Considering Hard Knocks-like Documentary Special for ESPN

​The U, Rakontur's documentary about the Miami Hurricanes football team in the '80s, was the highest-rated documentary ever to air on ESPN, so it makes sense the channel is eager for some more Miami documentary magic. While plans for a sequel to The U have been put on hold, ESPNU is in talks to ai ... More >>

Spirit of Michael Irvin Returns to Hurricanes' Locker Room (Hopefully Sans Cocaine)

​The University of Miami has a whole lot of proud history that the team hasn't bothered living up to in years, and new coach Al Golden is hoping to return the team to the glory days. In fact, he's bringing Michael Irvin back into the locker room, or at least his words. Coach Golden has plastered a ... More >>

Ramon Buchanan, UM Linebacker, Suspended Over Felony Arrest in Coconut Grove UPDATED

via University of MiamiRamon Buchanan​With Randy Shannon at the helm, the University of Miami's football team may not have won any titles -- but it did keep its nose clean, with zero player arrests since 2007. That's one record that new coach Al Golden's regime has already shattered.Ramon Buchanan ... More >>

Six Canes Football Players Suspended for Season Opener

​While the program remains officially silent, a report by InsideTheU.com that six Hurricanes football players have been suspended for next season's opener against Maryland has now been confirmed by two NBCMiami sources. Seantrel Henderson, one of the top recruits in the nation in the class of ... More >>

Spencer Whipple Is the Canes' First String QB Heading Into Spring Training

So everyone expected a big quarterback controversy for the Hurricanes this off-season between rising senior Jacory Harris and sophomore Stephen Morris. Well, Al Golden released his spring training depth chart today, and the first-string quarterback as of right now is, uh, Spencer Whipple. Yes, the k ... More >>

2011 Miami Hurricanes Schedule Released

Will the 'Canes open their first game against Randy Shannon? ​The 2011 Miami Hurricanes Schedule has been released, and despite some rumors, they won't be opening the season against Florida State. Though the opener could be even more interesting as they'll travel up to Maryland for a Monday night ... More >>

National Signing Day: pettiness reigns

Al Golden is a Lot Better at Smooth Talking Recruits' Moms Than Will Muschamp

​Last Friday, touted quarterback Jacoby Brissett made a somewhat head scratching decision to sign with the Florida Gators over the Miami Hurricanes, and his mother is not happy about it. Both schools have new coaches, but apparently Al Golden has his mother-wooing game on lock, while Will Muschamp ... More >>

Reports: QB Jacoby Brissett to Choose Gators Over 'Canes

​Al Golden was hoping for one more coveted player to really make his inaugural recruiting class shine, but it appears that four star quarterback Jacoby Brissett of Palm Beach Gardens' Dwyer High will announce his intentions to play for the Gators instead this year. Brissett was one of th ... More >>

Al Golden Has Never Met New Offensive Coordinator Jedd Fisch

​Now that the Seattle Seahawks are unsurprisingly out of the playoff race, newly hired Miami Hurricanes offensive coordinator and now former Seahawks QB coach Jedd Fisch will finally get to me Al Golden? Wait, wait, the 'Canes new head coach hired his offensive coordinator without ever actuall ... More >>

Hurricanes Head Coach Al Golden Lands Miami Central Cornerback Thomas Finnie

​Despite supplanting Miami Northwestern High as the dominant football power in Miami-Dade County the past two years, 2010's 6A state champ Miami Central was getting no love from the University of Miami football program. Last year, the Hurricanes passed on Jeffrey Godfrey, the former Rockets QB who ... More >>

'Canes Brandon Harris Declares for NFL Draft

​Between 1994 and 2008, the Miami Hurricanes had a player selected in the first round of the NFL draft every single year. The good news is that Hurricanes players are likely to return to first round status this year. The bad news is that means the team is losing a lot of talent. In addition to eig ... More >>

Albert Louis-Jean Latest Former 'Canes Commit to Jump Ship

​New Miami Hurricanes coach Al Golden isn't having much luck in retaining star recruits who had verbally committed to the team under former coach Randy Shannon. Albert Louis-Jean, rated by some recruiting services as the best recruit in the state of Massachusetts and the 9th best corner back i ... More >>

Pete Carroll's Son Joins Hurricanes Coaching Staff

​The USC Trojans and the Miami Hurricanes aren't that different: private schools in big warm weather cities with a healthy amount of national championships and a sometimes troubling amount of controversy. The big difference is that 'Canes haven't won a national championship since '01, whereas ... More >>

Teddy Bridgewater Commits to Louisville, Spurning Canes

via InsideTheU​Al Golden has only been in charge of the Miami Hurricanes for a week, and he's already lost a major recruiting battle. Teddy Bridgewater, the quarterback for Miami Northwestern and rated the number two best quarterback prospect in the country by Rivals.com, has committed to the Univ ... More >>

Report: Mark D'Onofrio to be Named Hurricanes' Defensive Coordinator

​Al Golden isn't the only coach from Temple making the move to Miami. According to several reports out of the Philadelphia media, it seems that his defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio is likely to join him. Going solely by this year's ranking, D'Onofrio is a pretty good choice. The Miami Hurrican ... More >>

Golden Penned Sports Writers Take Golden Opportunity to Make Puns as Miami's New Golden Boy Goes for the Gold ...en

​Sports writers across the country were saying "Auuuu!" this morning over the prospect of making a Fort Knox worth of puns based on the name of University of Miami's new head football coach Al Golden. It's a "golden era" as the "golden Canes" take a "golden opportunity" on a new "golden boy," don' ... More >>

Al Golden Named Head Coach of Miami Hurricanes

The last time Al Golden coached a college football game he lost to Miami of Ohio. The next time he coaches a team it may very well be Miami of Florida. ESPN reports that Golden, the current head coach at Temple, has been offered the vacant position as the Hurricanes' head coach and is likely to acce ... More >>