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[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]By TIM REYNOLDS[/FONT][FONT=verdana,sans-serif]CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -Mark Whipple, who helped Ben Roethlisberger win his first Super Bowl and coached Massachusetts to a Division I-AA national championship in 1998, was hired Tuesday as Miami's new offensive coordinator. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple, 51, most recently was an offensive assistant coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, who were in this year's NFC championship game. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] He accepted the Miami job on Monday, and the hiring process was complete Tuesday morning. His first task will focus on recruiting: Signing day is Feb. 4, meaning Whipple will have about a week to get to know the players Miami is targeting. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] "Aside from being innovative at his craft, Mark is a tremendous individual who will positively impact our student-athletes on and off the field," Miami coach Randy Shannon said. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple replaces Patrick Nix, who was fired after two seasons with the Hurricanes. Miami was 7-6 this past season, falling in the Emerald Bowl to California. [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,sans-serif]His hiring was well-received quickly in the Miami football circle. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] "'The U' is going to be back," Arizona Cardinals running back Edgerrin James - a former Miami star and the cousin of current Hurricanes running back Javarris James - said shortly after the announcement in Tampa, Fla., where he was taking part in Super Bowl media day. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] After Nix was fired, he said he had a different philosophy than Shannon. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] So Shannon spent much of the past month searching for someone he'd be in synch with, and ultimately decided on Whipple, whose reputation in the college game - albeit at the Football Championship Subdivision level - is an impressive one. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Miami is returning several of its top offensive players from last season, including quarterback Jacory Harris, both starting running backs, most of the offensive line and its top six receivers. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] "I feel like we're going to be a great team," Whipple said. "Coach Shannon and I have been on the same page from day one. Our goal is to win a national championship. The one thing I haven't done is win one at the I-A level. It's been a goal of mine for a while now. I couldn't think of a better place to work toward that goal than the University of Miami." [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple was Pittsburgh's quarterbacks coach from 2004 through 2006, helping to develop Roethlisberger, who was the youngest starting QB to win a Super Bowl four seasons ago when the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] He spent 16 years as a head coach at Massachusetts, Brown - his alma mater - and New Haven, going 121-59 in those seasons. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple's 1998 team at Massachusetts set school records in points scored (524), touchdowns (73), total yards (7,074), passing yards (4,050), completions (306) and first downs (354). He also had record-setting offenses at Brown during four seasons there, as well as at New Haven - which led the nation by averaging 50.5 points and 588 yards per game in 1992. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple has also coached at St. Lawrence and Union in upstate New York, as well as with the USFL's Arizona Wranglers and at New Hampshire.[/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple, 51, most recently was an offensive assistant coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, who were in this year's NFC championship game. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] He accepted the Miami job on Monday, and the hiring process was complete Tuesday morning. His first task will focus on recruiting: Signing day is Feb. 4, meaning Whipple will have about a week to get to know the players Miami is targeting. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] "Aside from being innovative at his craft, Mark is a tremendous individual who will positively impact our student-athletes on and off the field," Miami coach Randy Shannon said. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple replaces Patrick Nix, who was fired after two seasons with the Hurricanes. Miami was 7-6 this past season, falling in the Emerald Bowl to California. [/FONT]
if (typeof(AAMB4) != 'undefined') document.writeln(AAMB4);
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif]His hiring was well-received quickly in the Miami football circle. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] "'The U' is going to be back," Arizona Cardinals running back Edgerrin James - a former Miami star and the cousin of current Hurricanes running back Javarris James - said shortly after the announcement in Tampa, Fla., where he was taking part in Super Bowl media day. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] After Nix was fired, he said he had a different philosophy than Shannon. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] So Shannon spent much of the past month searching for someone he'd be in synch with, and ultimately decided on Whipple, whose reputation in the college game - albeit at the Football Championship Subdivision level - is an impressive one. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Miami is returning several of its top offensive players from last season, including quarterback Jacory Harris, both starting running backs, most of the offensive line and its top six receivers. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] "I feel like we're going to be a great team," Whipple said. "Coach Shannon and I have been on the same page from day one. Our goal is to win a national championship. The one thing I haven't done is win one at the I-A level. It's been a goal of mine for a while now. I couldn't think of a better place to work toward that goal than the University of Miami." [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple was Pittsburgh's quarterbacks coach from 2004 through 2006, helping to develop Roethlisberger, who was the youngest starting QB to win a Super Bowl four seasons ago when the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] He spent 16 years as a head coach at Massachusetts, Brown - his alma mater - and New Haven, going 121-59 in those seasons. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple's 1998 team at Massachusetts set school records in points scored (524), touchdowns (73), total yards (7,074), passing yards (4,050), completions (306) and first downs (354). He also had record-setting offenses at Brown during four seasons there, as well as at New Haven - which led the nation by averaging 50.5 points and 588 yards per game in 1992. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,sans-serif] Whipple has also coached at St. Lawrence and Union in upstate New York, as well as with the USFL's Arizona Wranglers and at New Hampshire.[/FONT]
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