2015 Miami Hurricanes football team

2015 Miami Hurricanes football
2015 Miami Hurricanes football
Sun Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Washington State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Al Golden (5th season; fired 10/25),; Larry Scott (interim);
Offensive coordinator	James Coley (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple, Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mark D'Onofrio (5th season)
Base defense	4–3, multiple
Home stadium	Sun Life Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Al Golden, who was fired following a 58–0 loss at home to Clemson, and replaced by Larry Scott, who acted as the interim coach.^[1] They played their home games at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the Hurricanes' 90th overall season and their 12th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in 3rd place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to Washington State.

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 14 Florida State	6	–	2	10	–	3
Louisville	5	–	3	8	–	5
NC State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Syracuse	2	–	6	4	–	8
Wake Forest	1	–	7	3	–	9
Boston College	0	–	8	3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 15 North Carolina x	8	–	0	11	–	3
Pittsburgh	6	–	2	8	–	5
Miami (FL)	5	–	3	8	–	5
Duke	4	–	4	8	–	5
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	7	–	6
Virginia	3	–	5	4	–	8
Georgia Tech	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

On December 4, 2015, the university announced Mark Richt as head coach, effective immediately.^[2]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Al Golden	Head coach	5th	Penn State (1991)
Larry Scott	Interim head coach/tight ends	3rd	South Florida (2000)
Mark D'Onofrio	Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator	5th	Penn State (1991)
James Coley	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	3rd	Florida State (1997)
Randy Melvin	Defensive line	1st	Eastern Illinois (1982)
Hurlie Brown	Linebackers/recruiting coordinator	3rd	Miami (1992)
Kevin Beard	Wide receivers	1st	Miami (2004)
Art Kehoe	Offensive line	26th	Miami (1982)
Paul Williams	Defensive backs	5th	Delaware (1996)
Tim Harris	Running backs	5th	Carthage

Support staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Andreu Swasey	Strength & conditioning	15th	Baylor (1995)
Cole Pemberton	Graduate assistant	2nd	Colorado State (2009)
Mike Zuckerman	Graduate assistant	1st	Miami (2012)

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman*	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN3	W 45–0	43,467
September 11	8:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic*	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	FS1	W 44–20	30,321
September 19	3:30 pm	Nebraska*	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN2	W 36–33 ^OT	53,580
October 1	7:30 pm	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 23–34	40,101
October 10	8:00 pm	at No. 12 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–29	82,329
October 17	3:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 30–20	50,787
October 24	12:00 pm	No. 6 Clemson	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ABC	L 0–58	45,211
October 31	7:00 pm	at No. 22 Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	W 30–27	30,143
November 7	3:00 pm	Virginia	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	RSN	W 27–21	40,963
November 14	3:30 pm	at No. 17 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	L 21–59	61,000
November 21	12:30 pm	Georgia Tech	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	W 38–21	51,355
November 27	12:00 pm	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN2	W 29–24	40,126
December 26	2:00 pm	vs. Washington State*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 14–20	41,180
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

As of May 2015^[3]

2015 Miami Hurricanes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`22`	Collin Alford	Jr
OL	`61`	Adam Arnaout	So
WR	`8`	Braxton Berrios	So
WR	`82`	Tyre Brady	So
G	`55`	Joe Brown	Fr
WR		Lawrence Cager	Fr
CB	`30`	Quincy Casimir	Jr
WR	`3`	Stacy Coley	Jr
QB	`13`	Gray Crow	Jr
OL	`73`	Trevor Darling	So
TE	`5`	Standish Dobard	Jr
RB	`7`	Gus Edwards	Jr
RB	`49`	Joel Evans	Fr
OT	`76`	Taylor Gadbois	Jr
G	`67`	Alex Gall	Jr
OT		Tyler Gauthier	Fr
OL	`59`	Justin Goldberg	So
WR	`84`	Greg Golden	So
FB	`40`	Matt Golden	So
RB	`32`	Trayone Gray	So
OL	`69`	Tyler Grimsley	Fr
TE	`23`	Chris Herndon	So
QB	`25`	Isaac Hoza	So
G	`63`	Danny Isidora	Jr
OL	`65`	Sterling Jackson	Fr
WR	`17`	D'Mauri Jones	Jr
OT	`77`	Jahair Jones	Fr
QB	`15`	Brad Kaaya	So
C/OG	`54`	Hunter Knighton	So
WR	`81`	Darrell Langham	Fr
WR	`9`	Malcolm Lewis	Jr
C	`68`	Nick Linder	So
OT		Brendan Loftus	Fr
TE	`46`	Marcus Lugo	Fr
OT		Hayden Mahoney	Fr
OT	`52`	K. C. McDermott	So
OT		Bar Milo	Fr
TE	`86`	David Njoku	Fr
TE	`88`	Jake O'Donnell	Jr
FB	`43`	Tyler Odems	Jr
OT	`66`	Sunny Odogwu	So
OT	`60`	Patrick Petrillo	So
WR	`35`	Austin Pfenninger	So
TE	`38`	Joseph Rodgers	Sr
QB	`12`	Malik Rosier	Fr
WR	`11`	Rashawn Scott	Sr
QB		Evan Shirreffs	Fr
OT		Tyree St. Louis	Fr
TE	`85`	Michael Tashman	Fr
QB	`14`	Vincent Testaverde	So
FB	`44`	Walter Tucker	Jr
WR	`19`	Clayton Turner	So
RB		Mark Walton	Fr
TE	`87`	Jerome Washington	Fr
WR	`6`	Herb Waters	Sr
QB	`20`	Michael Welch	So
G	`64`	Hunter Wells	Sr
RB	`2`	Joseph Yearby	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`1`	Artie Burns	Jr
S	`2`	Deon Bush	Sr
S	`6`	Jamal Carter	Jr
LB	`41`	Wyatt Chickillo	So
S	`25`	Dallas Crawford	Sr
CB	`29`	Corn Elder	Jr
DT		Ryan Fines	Fr
LB	`55`	Frank Gabriel	Jr
OLB	`13`	Marques Gayot	So
ILB	`53`	Jared Goldenberg	Fr
LB		Jamie Gordinier	Fr
OLB	`5`	Jermaine Grace	So
DE/DT	`99`	Jelani Hamilton	Jr
DE/OLB	`33`	Trent Harris	So
CB		Terrance Henley	Fr
DT	`93`	Calvin Heurtelou	Sr
CB	`3`	Tracy Howard	Sr
DE/OLB	`31`	Demetrius Jackson	Fr
CB		Michael Jackson	Fr
DT	`92`	Courtel Jenkins	So
S	`26`	Rayshawn Jenkins	Jr
S	`4`	Jaquan Johnson	Fr
CB	`24`	Josh Johnson	So
DE/DT	`47`	Ufomba Kamalu	Sr
DT	`90`	Corey King	Sr
OLB		James King	Fr
ILB	`56`	Raphael Kirby	Sr
S		Robert Knowles	Fr
CB	`27`	Ryan Mayes	Fr
DE/OLB	`17`	Tyriq McCord	Sr
ILB	`23`	Terry McCray	Fr
LB	`59`	Michael McGinnis	So
DE		R. J. McIntosh	Fr
DT	`97`	Earl Moore	Jr
DT/DE	`95`	Anthony Moten	So
DE/OLB	`8`	Al-Quadin Muhammad	So
DT		Kendrick Norton	Fr
OLB	`58`	Darrion Owens	So
DE	`19`	Scott Patchan	Fr
ILB	`34`	Charles Perry	Fr
CB		Sheldrick Redwine	Fr
OLB	`57`	Mike Smith	Fr
LB	`36`	Teddy Stavetski	Fr
FS	`22`	Christian Gonzalez-Santos	Fr
DE	`9`	Chad Thomas	So
DT	`11`	Michael Wyche	Sr
ILB	`51`	Juwon Young	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`48`	Josh Bacon	So
K/P	`15`	Michael Badgley	So
P/K	`40`	Grant Coffman	So
K/P	`97`	JC Contorakes	So
P/K	`45`	Ryan Holowesko	Sr
K	`43`	Jon Semerene	So
P/K	`16`	Justin Vogel	Jr

Head coach

Larry Scott (interim)/Tight Ends

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mark D'Onofrio – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
James Coley – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Kevin Beard – Wide Receivers
Hurlie Brown – Linebackers
Tim Harris – Running Backs
Art Kehoe – Offensive Line
Paul Williams – Defensive Backs
Brandon Lumish – Quality Control Offense
Kareem Brown – Grad. Asst. Defensive Line
Cole Pemberton – Grad. Asst. Offensive Line
Mike Zuckerman – Grad. Asst. Outside Linebackers

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Bethune-Cookman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Hurricanes	7	24	7	7	45

At Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	14	6	17	7	44
Owls	10	7	3	0	20

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Cornhuskers	0	3	7	23	0	33
Hurricanes	17	3	10	3	3	36

At Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	13	7	0	3	23
Bearcats	14	13	0	7	34

At Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	3	7	7	7	24
#12 Seminoles	14	6	0	9	29

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	10	3	0	7	20
Hurricanes	10	10	3	7	30

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Tigers	21	21	3	13	58
Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0

At Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	14	0	16	30
#22 Blue Devils	0	3	9	15	27

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	0	8	7	6	21
Hurricanes	0	14	3	10	27

At North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	0	7	14	21
#17 Tar Heels	7	24	21	7	59

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	7	0	0	14	21
Hurricanes	7	17	7	7	38

At Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	17	6	0	6	29
Panthers	0	3	7	14	24

Vs. Washington State–Sun Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	0	0	7	14
Cougars	7	13	0	0	20

2016 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Artie Burns	Cornerback	1	25	Pittsburgh Steelers
Deon Bush	Safety	4	124	Chicago Bears

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2015 Miami Hurricanes football team

Contents

Personnel

Coaching staff

Support staff

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Bethune-Cookman

At Florida Atlantic

Nebraska

At Cincinnati

At Florida State

Virginia Tech

Clemson

At Duke

Virginia

At North Carolina

Georgia Tech

At Pittsburgh

Vs. Washington State–Sun Bowl

2016 NFL Draft

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