Mario Manuel Cristobal is an American college football coach and is the head coach at the University of Miami, as of 2024. He played collegiate football from 1988 to 1992 as an offensive tackler and won two national championships in 1989 and 1991. Cristobal started his coaching career in the late 1990s as a graduate assistant for the Miami Hurricanes, he transferred to Rutgers and Miami as a tight end and offensive line coach. Cristobal served as the first Cuban-American head coach in Division I-A from 2007 to 2012 by taking his first head coaching position with Florida International University. After having a successful tenure as an assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Alabama, Cristobal joined Oregon in 2017 as an offensive line coach before becoming the head coach in 2018. He returned to Miami Hurricanes as the head coach in December 2021.
Mario Cristobal's first season as a head coach was in 2007 at Florida International University. When Cristobal joined the FIU program, he had a winless season which became the biggest test for him to revive the FIU program. Although FIU lost their first eleven games under Cristobal, his team won against North Texas, which was on a 23-game winning streak. Cristobal looked to improve the offense and tried recruiting a different set of players despite a tough season. His second year at FIU showed great improvement, winning five wins and earning a qualification in the Shula Bowl game.
What is Mario Cristobal's salary at Miami Hurricanes?
According to USA Today, Mario Cristobal, head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team, makes a base salary of $7.7 million per year. In 2022, he received a total of $22.7 Million through both base salary and other compensation such as signing bonus.
Mario Cristobal Contract Details
According to USA Today and College Football Network, Mario Cristobal has signed a $80 million contract for ten years with the Hurricanes until the 2032-33 season. The Hurricanes paid a buyout fee of $9 million to terminate Cristobal’s previous contract with the Oregon Ducks.
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