Miami football has hired Kevin Steele to become the program’s next defensive coordinator, according to ON3 and other sources.
The hiring of Steele is somewhat surprising to some, at least, as Maryland was reported to have a verbal agreement with Steele to become its defensive coordinator. Steele was seen working at the team’s facilities last Friday and even met with recruits that weekend.
Steele comes to Miami with several years of coaching experience. He was the head coach at Baylor from 1999–2002 and has recently worked with multiple SEC teams. Steele played and coached at Tennessee, even returning as the team’s interim head coach for a brief stint last season.