The event filled two months for Manny Diaz began on December 12 when he was hired to be the Head Coach at Temple. Diaz announced that he was going to stay at Miami to coach in the Pinstripe Bowl before fully taking over the Owls football program.
On December 30, just three days after the loss to Wisconsin in the Pinstripe Bowl Miami Head Coach Mark Richt resigned. Manny Diaz was hired less than 12 hours later and the madness of the last two months began.
Diaz started his tenure by firing Richt’s entire offensive coaching staff.