Miami firing defensive coordinator Lance Guidry

Miami is firing defensive coordinator Lance Guidry, multiple sources tell On3. The Hurricanes ranked No. 69 in total defense in 2024, allowing 327.2 yards per game.

Guidry was only at Miami for two seasons, joining the Hurricanes after leading a Marshall defense in 2022 that finished the season ranked in the top 10 nationally in 12 different defensive categories. Miami’s defense struggled late in the season, allowing 42 points in consecutive games to close out the year.

“I want to first thank Coach Guidry for his contributions to the University of Miami,” Miami head coach Mario Cristobal said in a statement. “In a continuous effort to always improve all aspects of our program, I have decided to make a change on defense. We will move forward and make decisions that provide our players, staff and program the best opportunity to win and develop at the highest.”

The Hurricanes allowed 22.8 points and 321.6 yards per game a year ago. Miami closed the 2024 season allowing 25.3 points, which ranked 70th in the nation. With a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Cam Ward, the Hurricanes failed to make the 12-team College Football Playoff or the ACC title game.

After holding their first four opponents to 10.3 points and 232.8 yards this season, Miami allowed an average of 32 points and 369.1 yards of offense the rest of the way. That came as Cristobal’s program had the No. 1 offense in the nation with Ward, averaging 537.2 yards and 43.9 points.

Guidry has prior experience at Marshall, FAU, Southeastern Louisiana, McNeese State, Western Kentucky, and Miami (OH). In that span over the past decade and a half or so, he has been a head coach, an interim head coach, and a defensive coordinator with most of his work on that side of the ball being done in the secondary.

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