OXFORD, Ohio — Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Haywood was hired Tuesday to coach at Miami (Ohio), which went 2-10 this season.
He replaces Shane Montgomery, who resigned last month. The RedHawks went 17-31 during his four seasons.
Haywood, 44, becomes the sixth black coach among the 119 Bowl Subdivision schools and joins a university known as the Cradle of Coaches.
“The Cradle of Coaches, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, Bill Mallory, Jim Tressel — what an unbelievable coaching tradition,” Haywood said from Honolulu, where he’s preparing the Fighting Irish to face Hawaii tonight in the Hawaii Bowl. “I’m so excited about joining the Miami family.”
Saban coach of the year
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama’s Nick Saban is The Associated Press college football coach of the year.
Saban, who also won the award with LSU in 2003, easily outdistanced Texas Tech’s Mike Leach, Utah’s Kyle Whittingham and Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson in balloting by an AP media panel that votes in the weekly poll.
Saban received 32 votes, while Leach was second with nine. Whittingham received six votes and Johnson five.
Footnotes.
Fresh off its first bowl win in 10 years, Arizona plans to extend coach Mike Stoops’ contract by three years, through 2013.
• Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA. Shipley missed the 2004 and 2005 seasons because of knee and hamstring injuries. He is the top receiver for the Longhorns with 79 catches for 982 yards and 11 touchdowns.
• Clemson reserve defensive back Sadat Chambers was arrested for driving with a suspended license near his home in Chesterfield (S.C.) County. The incident was not expected to affect his playing against Nebraska in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day.
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