Dan Radakovich couldn't be happier with beginning of Mario Cristobal era

Over the past year, the Miami Hurricanes made two major changes, bringing back two former Hurricanes to help boost their athletics. Miami brought in Mario Cristobal to lead the football program and Dan Radakovich to take on the role of Athletic Director. Recently the Hurricanes’ AD gave his thoughts on the beginning of the Cristobal era.

“I couldn’t be happier. I mean, Mario is he’s a pro,” said Radakovich. “He’s done this before and has been a head coach at a couple of different places. Certainly, one that’s akin to a power five here at the University of Miami. He’s a native son; he played here, so he knows a lot about this organization and how we’re trying to evolve it.

“We talked very, very frequently about things that are moving on in his program. How administratively, we can help make that happen and make that happen for him; kind of remove obstacles. That’s what administrators do; we try to remove obstacles for all of our coaches and student-athletes to be successful.”

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The start of the Mario Cristobal era in Miami appears to be off and going well. Cristobal has made the most of the talent on the roster and added some more via the transfer portal. But the proper assessment of this new era in Hurricanes football won’t be measured at least until the start of the 2022 season. And the next marker after that will be when Cristobal’s recruiting classes begin to impact the action on the field. Then fans will see how successful Radakovich and Cristobal have been together.

Radakovich admits Miami is ‘a little bit behind’ in competing with bigger schools

The Hurricanes Athletic Director knows his school may be a lacking a bit at the moment compared to bigger programs, Radakovich didn’t help Clemson become a top program overnight. Speaking with the media, the freshly-minted leader of the athletic department for Miami elaborated on his thoughts.

“I think we’re a little bit behind, but that’s okay. That gives us an opportunity to do things in 2022, ‘23 to make it right for the University of Miami,” stated Radakovich. “I’ve got to tell you, all of these buildings that they build around the country, you can’t pick up one in Athens, Georgia and put it in Austin, Texas. They don’t fit. It has to be what is right for your program, what’s right for your geography.

“So the amount of work that you do on the front-end to make sure that it fits your community, your university — that’s the real, that’s the fun part and that’s probably the most difficult part, as well.”