CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Mark Richt sits in his office, near the windows that overlook the weight room downstairs, planning to discuss his second spring as Miami head coach. Just before he begins, a loud cheer rises from eager young students gathered near the leg machines.
“Don’t mind them,” Richt says, waving his hand. “They’re on a tour. One of them spotted me sitting in here earlier and decided they had to get my attention.”
Nobody can really blame them. The excitement Richt brought with him when he became Miami head coach last year has ratcheted up exponentially.