Charlie Strong has left the Miami coaching staff after one season after being passed up for the defensive coordinator job, he told Chris Low of ESPN.
Strong, 62, was hired as the Hurricanes' co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach last year on Mario Cristobal's inaugural staff.
However, after defensive coordinator Kevin Steele left Miami to take the same job at Alabama, Cristobal opted for former Marshall and Tulane defensive coordinator Lance Guidry to take over that side of the ball for the Hurricanes, a move Strong disagreed with.
"Coach Cristobal and the program made a decision to go in a different direction.