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Photo by: Eric Evans Photography. Photo by: EricEvansPhoto. Mario Cristobal. Title: Head Coach.

Cristobal previously was the head football coach at Florida International University FIU from to and the University of Oregon from to He was an all-conference offensive tackle on the Miami Hurricanes football team that won national championships in and Cristobal played high school football at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami and then went to play for the University of Miami , where he was a four-year letterman between and Cristobal played under Hall of Fame coaches Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson during the rise of the University of Miami as one of the nation's elite collegiate football programs. Cristobal graduated from the University of Miami in with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Miami School of Business and later earned a master's degree there in Cristobal is one of several University of Miami players from the late s who appears in the documentary The U , which premiered December 12, , on ESPN , and chronicles the program's rapid ascent and national championships and the era's associated scandals that proved costly to it.

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Royce Freeman ranked 11th nationally with 1, rushing yards and tied for 12th with 16 rushing touchdowns.

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Lou pitched for the Florida Lions, a travel team that made it all the way to Oklahoma City, where the team almost won nationals. He was long and always had those long levers. Real good athlete, heck of a baseball player. He was a catcher. Baseball was everything. Then we got to Columbus and all we wanted to do was play football. Our parents finally conceded. Coach Dennis Lavelle was one of our greatest mentors, coach Fred Foyo, our offensive line coach. Those men had great impacts in our lives.

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Hire a staff. Recruit, not just in December ahead of the early signing period, but in January before National Signing Day. Move his family across the country. It will eventually set in. Maybe for a moment during spring break, if there is such a thing. Or maybe in the summertime. With his parents both working two jobs and taking classes at night to learn English, Cristobal needed something to do after school.

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A year later, Cristobal and his staff landed the then-highest-ranked class in program history at No. In , Cristobal took Oregon to a 10—2 regular season record before a surprise departure of the program prior to the season-ending Alamo Bowl loss to Oklahoma. Frick Joe Smith Frank W. Offensive tackle. That win gave them a 7—6 record, their first ever winning record. Cristobal coached an All-American offensive lineman in seven consecutive seasons prior to , highlighted by three in During his four seasons at Alabama, the Crimson Tide finished with the top-ranked recruiting class in each year of Cristobal's involvement with the program. In , Oregon sophomore Penei Sewell became the first underclassman offensive lineman and first player in program history to win the Outland Trophy. Seniors Shane Lemieux and Calvin Throckmorton also earned All-America honors along the offensive line with Sewell for the second straight year, while Kayvon Thibodeaux represented the defense by being named the Pac Defensive Freshman of the Year. Included were three in the top two rounds, highlighted by a first-round selection Ryan Kelly Indianapolis Colts.

For a limited time, The Palm Beach Post is making most of its premium sports stories free so you can get a taste of what our subscriber service offers. Mario Cristobal was one "yes, sir" away from never roaming the sidelines as a head football coach.

Cristobal is a second-generation Cuban-American. He implemented a spread offense, [3] and stated that he expected FIU to achieve success "faster than what we did at Rutgers", a process which "took five years". Cuban-American American football coach and former player. The elite class is No. Church Percy Benson J. Cristobal and his staff have landed 45 ESPN signees over the last four classes, and the class features six players rated No. Retrieved August 4, Secret Service agent and was offered a job in Included were three in the top two rounds, highlighted by a first-round selection Ryan Kelly Indianapolis Colts. In his three years as head coach, Oregon signed the 8th, 12th and 6th ranked recruiting classes, which included 1 overall recruit and future 5 overall draft pick Kayvon Thibodeaux. On December 5, , Cristobal was fired of his position as head coach of the FIU football program after going 3—9.