“Proud of the way we came out,” head coach Mario Cristobal said. “Tremendous credit to the players for fighting hard and doing what they did to find a way to win a football game on the road.”
“I’m proud of how the team remained resilient to keep the second and third sets extremely close against a top-five team,” Miami head coach Jose “Keno” Gandara said in a Miami Athletics release. “We have to give credit to Louisville for playing an excellent game. The ACC is full of elite teams, which will make for an exciting rest of the conference schedule.”
“When you’re 1-0 for the week, that’s your goal,” head coach Mario Cristobal said. “But certainly, we want to play more polished, more precise football. So, we have got to practice better, and we have got to keep working it better.”
First-year Hurricanes football head coach Mario Cristobal, who has over 20 years of Division I coaching experience, knows that leading a collegiate football team is no easy feat.
However, it is even more difficult coaching a Power Five program desperate to return to its glory days like the Miami Hurricanes.
“This is our very first race of the season,” coach Cody Halsey said. “We have a lot of new people. So, the job was to get out there and see where we’re at and where we need to go from here.”
“The goal was to be 1-0 by 7:15 tonight and that was achieved,” Cristobal said. “There were a lot of bright spots. Certainly, things showed up in a positive way in terms of physicality and conditioning and execution, particularly on the offensive side of the ball.”
“Today was another opportunity for our young players to continue to learn how to prepare for matches, establish our routines, and get more familiar with the game plans,” head coach Jose “Keno” Gandara said.
“Growing up in Miami, I feel very fortunate to have spent 27 years here with the University as a player and coach,” he said in a Miami athletics press release. “The University of Miami has been a second home to me and my family. I am grateful for the opportunities it has afforded me and I look forward to leading our program to Omaha.”
Since the University of Miami’s founding in 1925, countless moments have defined Hurricane athletics, thrusting “the U” into the national spotlight in less than a century. Just think back to ‘Canes football’s slew of national championships in the 1980s, or, more recently, men’s basketball’s historic Elite Eight run as a 10 seed in last year’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament. On the back of the university’s athletic accolades, the UM community eagerly awaits what the fall football, volleyball and soccer season will bring. Here are the games Hurricanes fans want to be sure they do not miss this fall.
“Personally, I want to be the top goalkeepers in the ACC and build upon what I did last year to help this team win as many games as possible,” Dagenais told miamihurricanes.com before the match.