Coach Manny Diaz took the reins of the Miami Hurricanes football program and doesn’t plan on looking back. Diaz has hired a new defensive coordinator in former protege Blake Baker. Baker comes to Miami from Louisiana Tech where the Bulldogs have seen vast improvement under Skip Holtz over the past five seasons.
Baker worked under Manny Diaz at two stops, back in Austin, TX during their time at University of Texas together when Baker was a graduate assistant, and at Louisiana Tech. Baker has coached both linebackers and defensive backs which leads me to believe he’ll be working with the inside linebackers while Jonathan Patke continues his efforts with Romeo Finley and the strikers.