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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YLCANE

Yesterday at 6:23 PM

TheOriginalCane said:
I would say that the last 5 or 6 years for Hetherman have really skyrocketed him past Guidry's experiences.

Working with Cignetti at JMU. Working with Schiano at Rutgers. And the year at Minnesota. Each of these three experiences probably beats anything on Guidry's pre-Miami resume.

Excellent point
I like who has worked under as well

Rocketcitycane06

Yesterday at 6:24 PM

htownkidd said:
Good stuff, thanks.

As for his recruiting, don’t give a ****. We need coaches. All this recruiting hasn’t gotten us ****. Coach up what we have, which is the most talented group in the conference going on for the 3rd year in a row. Lock him in the lab and let him work, never has to even talk to a kid for all I care. (I know that won’t happen)

Develop, develop, develop.

IndayArtHauz

Yesterday at 6:27 PM

So which Will Ferrell sketch is Hetherman.

King of Allapattah

Yesterday at 6:27 PM

Sources: Gophers' Hetherman to join Canes as DC

Minnesota defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman, who helped the Gophers to an 8-5 finish, including a 5-4 mark in the Big Ten, has resigned his post to accept the same position at Miami, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Saturday, confirming a report.

www.espn.com

Cribby

Yesterday at 6:28 PM

More UM good news coming……it’ll leak out eventually ( not coaching )

IndayArtHauz

Yesterday at 6:28 PM

Cribby said:
More UM good news coming……it’ll leak out eventually ( bot coaching )

We used to be friends and you’d tell me stuff.

aelmiami

Yesterday at 6:28 PM

mtsucalico85 said:
FWIW, I'm a Miami grad but otherwise a lifelong Minnesotan and have season tickets to the Gophers, so I'm as in tune with them as I am the Canes. My thoughts on Heatherman:

He generally runs an attacking, aggressive defense, but not a complicated one. He's stated he doesn't want his players thinking too much and to be more instinctual (we know how much of a concern that has been under multiple different DC's over the past 10-15 years). Players were rarely out of position - most of the time teams had to out-execute the Gophers if they wanted to have success on offense. The times the defense struggled and got out of position, they occurred mostly in games where they got little help from the offense and the defense wore down as the game went on (Iowa game comes to mind here).

I will say his rep was of him being one of the least effective recruiters on the staff, but I'd rather have a tactician than a recruiter at DC, especially at Miami.

Also, I see all the talk already about trying to bring Koi Perich along. That isn't happening. NIL has been a tertiary concern for him. Being close to home matters (seems like half the town of Esko comes down for the games, all wearing Perich jerseys), but what has mattered the most for him for all accounts is wanting to get to the NFL. Between Antoine Winfield and Tyler Nubin (and even turning a walkon in Jordan Howden into an NFL player), safety is the one position that Minnesota can really talk up more than any other and Koi bought into that heavily.

If Mario lands Perich that would be his most impressive win to date. That kid is in legend status just for staying in state and turning down OSU.

I agree too, he doesn’t lose to equal talent. Wisconsin couldn’t do a **** thing against his defense. Not saying Wisconsin is some juggernaut offensively, but he just shut them down. Again he might not create some T15 defense for Miami. But he **** sure won’t let GT run the same **** stretch play for success over and over again.