MEET COACH RANDY SHANNON

Full Name: Randy Lannard Shannon Age: 43 Birthdate: February 24, 1966 Hometown:

Miami,Florida
Education 1989 B.S. in Liberal Arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. 1984 Norland High School, Miami, Fla.
Coaching Career 2007 Head Coach 2001-06 University of Miami (defensive coordinator) 2000 Miami Dolphins (linebackers) 1998-99 Miami Dolphins (defensive assistant) 1993-97 University of Miami (linebackers) 1992 University of Miami (defensive line) 1991 University of Miami (graduate assistant)

Randy Shannon is one hard nose hombre.After being hire as the head coach, Randy strip the team of the names on the back of there jerseys.Since,the names was place back on the uniform .Randy has always shown toughness due to being raises in Liberty City a poverty striking section of Miami. He attended Norland High School and earned All-State and honorable mention All-American recognition from Street & Smith's as a senior linebacker at Norland. He also lettered in basketball, averaging 19 points a game, and he competed in the triple jump on the track and field team.

Randy Shannon coach the Hurricanes to a 4-4 record last season in the ACC conference games ,and 6-10 over the past two season.This season with his second year quarterback (Jacory Harris),Shannon is hope for more success. And winning the ACC title is a start.Here a quote for Randy "We're going to do a lot of great things here for the community, for the school, and for the football program," he says. "We're going to have accountability, discipline, and a lot of emotion to do the right things. Being at Miami, the expectations are always high. Players come to Miami because they know they will always have an opportunity to win the national championship. If you settle for less, you're going to become less. We're going to have a lot of fun. And we're going to win."

Coaching Accomplishments

In 2005, led the nation in pass defense (152.17 ypg) and pass efficiency (89.48 rating) and finished fourth in total defense (270.08 ypg) and scoring defense (14.25 points)

2004 pass defense ranked ninth in the country

2003 defense was fourth nationally in pass efficiency defense (96.16 rating), second in total defense (257.5 ypg) and fourth in scoring defense (15.1 ppg)

Led the nation's No. 1-ranked defense in pass defense and pass efficiency defense during the 2002 season

Winner of the 2001 Frank Broyles Award as national assistant coach of the year
Led the nation's No. 1-ranked defense in turnover margin, scoring defense and pass efficiency defense during Miami's 2001 national championship season
His 2001 defense set a school record for turnovers forced (45) and interceptions (27)
Developed the linebacker corps of one of the NFL's top defenses with the

2000 Miami Dolphins
As an assistant at UM from 1991-97, worked with Miami's outstanding 1992 and 1994 defenses that registered 48 sacks in 1992 and led the nation in total defense in 1994