Miami is expected to hire Minnesota Corey Hetherman as DC

CanesFan20

Yesterday at 3:35 PM 1 min read

The Miami Hurricanes have their defensive coordinator. Minnesota defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman will be taking the same position with the Canes.

In games against FBS opponents, Minnesota finished 10th nationally in scoring defense (18.3 PPG), 14th in yards per play (4.7) and 19th in yards per pass attempt against (6.3).

Like Mario Cristobal, the 44-year-old Hetherman comes from the Greg Schiano coaching tree, having coached linebackers at Rutgers from 2022-23.

Hetherman had tremendous success at the FCS level. In 2021, he was named AFCA FCS Assistant Coach of the Year after coordinating James Madison's No. 2-ranked defense in the nation. He also served as Maine's defensive coordinator from 2016-18, leading the FCS in rushing defense, interceptions and fumble recoveries in his final season.

Hetherman is a Massachusetts native who played quarterback at Fichburg State from 2003-06.

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stormsurge13

Yesterday at 4:37 PM

Anybody on Minnesota’s defense we want?

Shooter McGavin

Yesterday at 4:37 PM

88 said:
Just kill yourself already

Stay classy

aelmiami

Yesterday at 4:37 PM

JHallCanes said:
Minnesota was a tough out this year. His worst game was ironically against Schiano which makes sense right? We all got excited about Guidry against ND but body of work Hetherman routinely had his team clamping much better teams

Learned my lesson by now not to say too much but on paper I agree

I’d recommend watching them against PSU. Honestly they should’ve won that game. But it shows how good his defense can be even in a major talent deficit. It’s not a clinic. But they were good on third down, just eventually didn’t have the dogs to compete down the stretch.

Miami[]_[]Smoke

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

Hard to tell how good a guy is when he only stays in a job 1-2 years and then he’s gone. He’s all over the place. We’ll see I guess

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Alex_Dynamix

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

Good Job Mario..Solid DC lets get it!!!

Ya Boi

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

JHallCanes said:
I’ll lie to every single one of you

Like a MF

TheOriginalCane

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

88 said:
https://247sports.com/college/minnesota/article/minnesota-gopher-football-news-defensive-coordinator-corey-hetherman-224969559/

"I think that's what kind of molded my philosophy a little bit, but the other thing is the players. In 2018 at Maine and then 2019 at James Madison, we had two great teams...but the defense's were very different. And a lot of it was trying to adapt to our players. In one of those defenses, our linebacker was 6-2 and 245 lbs who played for the Bengals the next year. The following year, our guy is 5-11, 185 lbs and he's a nickel, more or less, trying to play the same roles.

And it really about how do we get our best 11 players onto the field. And then getting those guys to buy into the culture, and that message that we're sending."

""Hetherman was an integral part of the coaching staff who was well respected by players and coaches. There were even rumors that he would be in line to be Rutgers’ next DC if Joe Harasymiak had accepted a head coaching position elsewhere," Deren told GopherIllustrated. "Head coach Greg Schiano has always spoken highly of Hetherman and it goes beyond coach speak. He is considered a rising star in the profession and also did a very good job recruiting. Hetherman is a players’ coach and it is more than just his position group that thinks highly of him. The Rutgers linebackers enjoyed a pattern of progress under his direction, and proved to be one of the strongest position groups on the entire team.""

I'm very happy that Mario is finally listening to one of his former bosses and/or teammates when it comes to picking a coordinator.

Maybe we will see more of that in the future.

JHallCanes

Yesterday at 4:39 PM

Cane6 said:
I’m seeing it the same way

If we can have a fundamentally and technically sound defense, with top 15 athletes, we would be in the CFP

If we can continue producing on offense, Hetherman should have the Defense as a nice compliment

It’s tough because the numbers are just different up north. Games just aren’t like watching our games but they held some good teams to low yardage

The anomaly was Maryland but that game was a rout and they gave up a lot of yards and points to the backups

TheOriginalCane

Yesterday at 4:39 PM

Canesfreak said:
I have had dreams about Nick Monroe on this staff. And I’m not ashamed to say that they were wet ones.

Talk to your urologist...but, yes, I'd be very happy if we can land Monroe...

rsa coral gables

Yesterday at 4:40 PM

if he was the DC at JMU, why didn't he follow Cignetti to Indiana? anyone know? seems reasonable to assume that Cignetti would have brought him to Indiana

407cane

Yesterday at 4:40 PM

minnesota didnt play any prolific offesnses but still impressive

only 4 teams scored 20

only 1 team scored 30 in 13 games

i do worry that '23 gophers had to play Michigan and ohio state, '24 gophers didn't draw either one which did help their defensive statistics, but there's enough areas to show there was significant improvement regardless

Problem2

Yesterday at 4:40 PM

So I guess the one negative is that Minnesota fans don't think he's a good recruiter

n0rcalcane

Yesterday at 4:40 PM

407cane said:
Minnesota Stats from '23(before) vs '24(Heterman)

Against FBS competition only

opponent long scrimmage plays (where we failed miserably)
20+ yard plays given up

'23 - 77th
'24 - 5th

scoring defense
'23 - 63rd
'24 - 9th

rushing defense (yard per attempt)
'23 - 93rd
'24 - 22nd

passer rating defense
'23 -78th
'24 - 20th

YPP defense
'23 - 88th
'24 - 14th

Sacks
'23 - 59th
'24 - 46th

TFL
'23 - 102nd
'24 - 77th

opponent 3rd down
'23 - 96th
'24 - 24th

Total defense (yardage)
'23 - 50th
'24 - 6th

it is an incredible jump honestly in one year. context is missing and sample size is small, but what he did at Minnesota earned him al lengthy extension and obviously mario's connect to schiano helped

Things that stand out kinda worrying me is the sacks/TFL.

Also, what’s the difference in schedule year over year? Did they play more running-based teams in 23 than 24?

rsa coral gables

Yesterday at 4:40 PM

nycane said:
thank schiano for this one. lol

he was with Schiano only one year, correct?

flips

Yesterday at 4:40 PM

**** yeah this is what I want. Defense not rocket science.

k9cane

Yesterday at 4:40 PM

aelmiami said:
His defenses don’t get beat by being out of position. Sound, smart and well coached.

I watch a lot of Gophers football, I thought they’d lose a step after Rossi went to Michigan State. I’d argue the defense was a lot better this year.

that alone would make next year's unit a huge upgrade over the 24 season...

Highline17

Yesterday at 4:41 PM

The U is back to work said:
Come on down!

Not a thought behind those eyes, pure football guy. WANT

GeorgiaHurricane

Yesterday at 4:41 PM

Problem2 said:

Broke schools worry about money. Someone tell him we got cocaine money lol. We good

JHallCanes

Yesterday at 4:41 PM

aelmiami said:
I’d recommend watching them against PSU. Honestly they should’ve won that game. But it shows how good his defense can be even in a major talent deficit. It’s not a clinic. But they were good on third down, just eventually didn’t have the dogs to compete down the stretch.

That was the game that sold me on him. I watch almost all of PSUs games for the most part (it was local to me growing up and I took some classes there)

It was kind of one of those moments for me like watching Cam Ward in 2023 when I was like “man I wish we could get that at Miami”