A couple of things

by Domer99, John Wesley Powell's Expedition Island, Thursday, May 21, 2026, 08:00 (4 days ago) @ Grantland

This is kind of a funny and interesting hire because Lane was just on the podcast Pardon my Take where the hosts asked him specifically about bringing back Coach O. Lane told some stories about their days at USC but didn't really elaborate, which is unusual for Lane because he was spilling beans about a lot of other gossip. This had to be in the works at the time of the interview.

But there is also a ND angle here too. Depending on what outlet you read, Orgeron was involved with Cristobal and the Miami staff. Some outlets were inferring it was a drop in guest appearance thing. Easy Ed suggested something different:

“I’ve been here four years with Mario,” Orgeron said in an appearance on Andy & Ari On3. “He’s done a great job of hiring my young son, Cody, and then he hired my other boy, Parker. So I’ve been involved with the program, talk to the defensive line coaches. But I’ve seen (Cristobal) increase the talent level immensely in the last four years.

https://www.on3.com/news/ed-orgeron-assesses-how-mario-cristobal-has-changed-miami/

I don't want to overstate Ed's impact on Miami DL but I think the performance last year was different (and improved over season's past). Now, that could be a Hetherman impact but Coach O was a bona fide solid DL coach. Wonder if that has any effect on Miami this next year because Jason Taylor (yes, that JT) is a pretty inexperienced line coach.