{"id":362128,"date":"2026-08-04T03:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362128\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:18:09","slug":"miami-hurricanes-sign-mario-cristobal-to-contract-extension-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362128\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes sign Mario Cristobal to contract extension, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7A2FOXR3HBEO3NFD44IBSHBNFY.jpg\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"\/>Miami head coach Mario Cristobal walks the sidelines during the College Football Playoff national championship game against Indiana, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo\/Marta Lavandier) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Marta Lavandier\/AP) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 The Miami Hurricanes are keeping their head coach around a bit longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami and Head Coach Mario Cristobal have agreed to terms on a new contract extension, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/sports\/college\/acc\/university-of-miami\/article316756311.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/sports\/college\/acc\/university-of-miami\/article316756311.html\">according to the Miami Herald<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Terms of the new deal have not been reported or released. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami\u2019s upcoming season will be Cristobal\u2019s fifth as head coach of the Hurricanes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was originally hired by Miami in 2021, signing a 10-year contract that was worth $80 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Last season, the Canes reached the College Football Playoff National Championship Game for the first time in 24 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Hurricanes haven\u2019t won a National Championship since 2001. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During his four seasons as Miami\u2019s head coach, Cristobal has led the Hurricanes to a 35-19 record during the regular season and a 3-3 mark in bowl games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They are among the favorites expected to contend for a national title this season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"David Dwork\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/3469fa6e-3c52-46d2-a0.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>David Dwork<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandMiami head coach Mario Cristobal walks the sidelines during the College Football&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-362128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}