MIAMI — Mario Cristobal has just finished his first fall practice of his first football season back home as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes. Inside the emptying echo of UM’s indoor practice facility on campus, Cristobal stands under the banners of storied former players in the rafters, including stars from UM’s five national championships.
These are the ghosts Cristobal is chasing. The glory days he is trying to revive.
”Twenty-five years I’ve been at this now. Twenty-five,” he says, meaning the college coaching game.