Mario Cristobal in favor of proposal for no limit on coaches in NCAA football

Mario Cristobal is a big fan of more allowed coaches in college football. With such big rosters, such as Miami’s, Cristobal wants more opportunities for coaches who might be lower on the ladder.

A proposal was put forth to eliminate the limit on coaches on the sideline, per The Athletic. It’s as follows: “The Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee put forth a proposal this spring to remove the cap on how many of a program’s staffers can do on-field football coaching, while still limiting off-campus recruiting activities to 10 assistants (or 12 in the FCS) plus the head coach. 

“This would mean hundreds of analysts and quality control coaches around the country could finally coach in practice, bringing a monumental change to the profession.”

As far as Cristobal is concerned, he’s on board.

“It’s awesome for college football,” Cristobal said on Sirius XM’s ACC Radio. “And I’ll say this, we have a lot of players. In college you have way more players than you have coaches and like you used to have to be a GA for three years at a time, maybe even more before you became a coach and you got experience like that. Now, you literally legitimately have hands-on experience with your analysts, where they can coach during the week they can coach on game day. 

“I wish they would be allowed to go on the road because that’s a huge piece of becoming a college coach, to be able to present yourself and the program to sell the program in a genuine manner.”

Cristobal simplified it as well. The smallest of tasks can add up over time to add to experience. Not only is it about player development, it’s about coaching development even at the smallest levels.

“And how to travel, like the simplicity of, you know, making sure that your entire trip is planned (and) that you’re keeping the receipts in the right form and fashion, that you’re not violating any rules as relates to compliance,” Cristobal said. “So I think this is huge. I think this allows for a lot of program development, coaching development, player development. It allows you to be more organized, I think it’s nothing but positive.”

Whether or not Miami has more or less coaches on the sideline this season might be irrelevant. After breaking through to the postseason in Year 2, there’s more pressure on Cristobal to improve the Hurricanes.

An ACC contender? Maybe. But that’s on Cristobal this Fall.