Miami is firing DC Lance Guidry

DMoney

Dec 31, 2024 1 min read

After a season in which Miami's defense likely cost the Hurricanes a spot in the College Football Playoff, the Hurricanes will be making a change at defensive coordinator.

Lance Guidry is expected to be fired, sources tell CanesInSight. Against FBS opponents, Miami finished 70th in scoring defense (26.7 PPG), 50th in 3rd Down Defense (37.75%) and 82nd in takeaways (1.3),

Mario Cristobal issues the following statement on the decision:

“I want to first thank Coach Guidry for his contributions to the University of Miami.

“In a continuous effort to always improve all aspects of our program, I have decided to make a change on defense. We will move forward and make decisions that provide our players, staff and program the best opportunity to win and develop at the highest level.”

The defense was one of the worst in the ACC during conference play, struggling with communication and pre-snap movement, among other areas.

Miami will now look for its third defensive coordinator of the Cristobal Era, following Guidry and Kevin Steele.

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nycane

Dec 31, 2024

Cribby said:
Northwestern

hes suing northwestern. he was cleared by the attorney who conducted the investigation correct?

skillydoo

Dec 31, 2024

MiamiChris said:
I will just say, I’ve been told by a few folks that Jason Taylor is one of the laziest coaches on the staff, and it showed by the DL’s performance. If he is hired as DC we are Fing cooked

This is my fear. I love JT but if this is true then that hire would be a major disappointment. But yeah we'll be logging into CIS everyday now until the replacement is announced....

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nycane

Dec 31, 2024

I wouldnt mind the next coach bringing rumph back on the field. he was probably our best defensive position coach here since early 2000's.

252cane

Dec 31, 2024

MiamiChris said:
Legal stuff personally or related to his past Northwestern situations?

The nw stuff he filed a lawsuit

Cribby

Dec 31, 2024

nycane said:
hes suing northwestern. he was cleared by the attorney who conducted the investigation correct?

Correct

canecrazy23

Dec 31, 2024

stormsurge13 said:
Big board from Lake:

Tyler Santucci
Cory Hetherman
Tom Allen
Andy Avalos
Jason Taylor
Anthony Campanile
Terry Joseph
Clint Hurtt
Pat Fitzgerald
Mel Tucker

Am I crazy to think Ryan Walters who was fired at Perdue should get a look?

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nycane

Dec 31, 2024

Cribby said:
Correct

gun to my head, I think he's the hire. He's a defensive first HC. I know he didnt call plays but that guy is like Mullen with QB's, squeezes the most out of his players.

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nycane

Dec 31, 2024

canecrazy23 said:
Am I crazy to think Ryan Walters who was fired at Perdue should get a look?

he has

TheOriginalCane

Dec 31, 2024

252cane said:
The nw stuff he filed a lawsuit

Wrongful termination.

MiamiChris

Dec 31, 2024

nycane said:
he spent the year calling out guidrys schemes and alignments and guidry had to be stubborn to prove he's right.

I didn’t say he wasn’t a smart mind just said he maybe isn’t going as hard as other college coaches do

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sedlst11

Dec 31, 2024

nycane said:
gun to my head, I think he's the hire. He's a defensive first HC. I know he didnt call plays but that guy is like Mullen with QB's, squeezes the most out of his players.

Plus he is a quality talent evaluator

AlexCane

Dec 31, 2024

skillydoo said:
This is my fear. I love JT but if this is true then that hire would be a major disappointment. But yeah we'll be logging into CIS everyday now until the replacement is announced....

Mario is persona non grata around here of late, but let's not label him a buffoon either. He doesn't mess around. He's not going to take a risk with this hire.

Cribby

Dec 31, 2024

Salave’a and Jackson are the two i’d watch

MiamiChris

Dec 31, 2024

nycane said:
I wouldnt mind the next coach bringing rumph back on the field. he was probably our best defensive position coach here since early 2000's.

He always put out solid players and solid DB play. It was always about his recruiting which now isn’t as big of a deal since we have NIL

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nycane

Dec 31, 2024

sedlst11 said:
Plus he is a quality talent evaluator

and overachieving. Irish kid from Southside of Chicago who became an all American at NW. Was a HC at 31 years old and won 110 games at a big 10 school that has borderline Ivy League academic requirements.

Cuddlefish

Dec 31, 2024

Negro-Wan Kanobi

Dec 31, 2024

Miami[]_[]Smoke said:
There is an almost 0% chance a former head coach is coming here to work under a mindless dictator that goes through coordinators like m&m’s, especially one from a cfp team. Mario is going to have to scrape the bottom of the barrel soon because no one is going to want to deal with his BS

skydogcane6

Dec 31, 2024

nycane said:
gun to my head, I think he's the hire. He's a defensive first HC. I know he didnt call plays but that guy is like Mullen with QB's, squeezes the most out of his players.

As a Chicagoan, I'd be so interested by this hire. You're right, Fitz was highly regarded around here for the results he was able to get with Northwestern's talent pool. Would be very interested in seeing how it'd shake out with more talented but less cerebral players.

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Texas Cane

Dec 31, 2024

Mario is making necessary changes. Credit to him for the search for the next NC.

BS85

Dec 31, 2024

BoxingRobes said:
Good.

He deserved to get fired.

His unit cost us a dream season. He just had to be average. Low expectation. Low goal ceiling. Large investment of NIL to make up for deficiencies. A layup for 50% of the DCs in the Power 4.

Guidry failed. The defensive product was embarrassing considering the investment.

The defense would honestly be an embarrassment at thw high school level....the players couldn't lineup or handle motion in the ******* bowl game....never seen anything like it

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