New Miami football coach Mario Cristobal is on the hunt for an offensive coordinator, and his latest reported target is Kendal Briles.
The 39-year-old Briles has been the offensive coordinator at Arkansas the last two seasons, helping the Razorbacks undergo a stunning transformation from back-to-back 10-loss seasons in 2018 and 2019 to a 9-4 campaign and Outback Bowl victory in 2021.
Briles has also been the OC at Florida State (2019), Houston (2018), FAU (2017) and under his father Art at Baylor in 2015-16. If Cristobal can poach him out of the SEC, it would be a major get for his first staff in Coral Gables.
It seems like both Hurricane and Razorbacks fans understand what the magnitude of such a move would be.
This would be a gigantic loss for the #Razorbacks. https://t.co/I86D77eHTd
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) January 18, 2022
This would be a big deal in the ACC. Briles is one of my favorite coordinators in CFB. https://t.co/f3Snym2oii
— Max Livingston 🐅 (@PythonMafia_) January 18, 2022
A step down to a worse league and facilities that aren’t even close. Plus he has a lot of weapons to work with. They’ll raise him and he won’t leave Arkansas. https://t.co/DNy5Qo0vx3
— Phil Elson (@PhilElsonPxP) January 18, 2022
One of the first names tied to Miami OC vacancy https://t.co/lQc6vW5aDc
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) January 18, 2022
Don’t. You. Dare. https://t.co/cU8sklvCeM
— John Nabors (@BuzzJohnNabors) January 18, 2022
Whole Miami fanbase is going to be deleting tweets soon. https://t.co/tjoxxDoaG8
— Dan Thompson (@DKThompson) January 18, 2022
https://twitter.com/gatorblu3/status/1483515917778759682?s=20
That’ll be a game changer in Fayetteville if he leaves https://t.co/WKCZheUYzz
— Derrell Hart Jr., Pharm.D. (@Derrell_PharmD) January 18, 2022
In 2021, Briles’ Arkansas offense gained 441.7 yards per game and racked up 227.8 yards per game on the ground. The latter number was good for 7th-best nationally.
The Razorbacks also averaged 30.9 points per game, 48th-best in the country.
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