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The University of Miami Hurricanes football team is a collegiate football program that represents the University of Miami. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision conference governed by the NCAA. The program began in 1926 and is the winningest program of the last quarter century. The Hurricanes have won 5 national championships (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001) and two of its players have won the prestigious Heisman Trophy. In addition, the program holds the record for the longest home winning streak in NCAA history with 58 straight victories.
The team is currently coached by Randy Shannon and its home games are played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL. At the time of his hiring, Randy Shannon was only the sixth African-American head coach in Division I-A college football.
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