For Mike Rumph, joining the coaching staff at Miami was personal.
A member of the 2001 Hurricanes national championship team, Rumph has stated — more than once since taking over as Miami’s cornerbacks coach in 2016 — that helping his alma mater return to college football prominence is one of his long-standing goals.
During the first three years of his college coaching career, Rumph has helped players like Adrian Colbert, Michael Jackson and Trajan Bandy become forces in the backfield. But on the recruiting trail, where Rumph — the former coach at American Heritage in Plantation — didn’t have much experience, things have been a bit tougher.