Dear Canes Community,

I hope you had an enjoyable holiday weekend. It was certainly a memorable weekend for Canes fans, and you can feel the excitement on campus with our fall sports schedule in full swing.

A Night to Remember

It was an electric Sunday night at Hard Rock Stadium as our 10th-ranked football team posted an exhilarating, 27-24 win over sixth-ranked Notre Dame. Carter Davis kicked a 47-yard field goal to give us the lead with 1:04 remaining and our defense took care of the rest, posting quarterback sacks on the game’s final two plays. Carson Beck threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns in his Miami debut.

Mario Cristobal’s squad exhibited toughness, poise and resiliency throughout the game, and our fans were decked out in orange and cheering loudly from start to finish. It was great to see so many Canes legends on the sidelines, including Jimmy Johnson, who rang the siren as the team took the field.

We have seven more home games on the schedule – starting with Bethune-Cookman this Saturday at 7 p.m. – so we will need that crowd energy to continue. We hope to see you at Hard Rock all season long!

Latest News

Our soccer team has won three straight games and at 4-1 is off to its best start since 2016. Brie Severns leads the Canes with three goals and the goalkeeping tandem of Emily Bredek and Atlee Olofson has posted three clean sheets. Ken Masuhr’s squad returns home Thursday night to host Princeton at 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

Our volleyball squad opened the season this past weekend by splitting a pair of matches with Big Ten foes Indiana and Ohio State. Keno Gandara’s team is back in action Thursday at Knight Sports Complex when they host Drake at 6 p.m. Please put our home events on your calendar and support our student-athletes!

ACC Honor Roll

The ACC announced its 2024-25 Academic Honor Roll on August 22, and Miami placed a school-record 300 student-athletes on the list. The ACC Academic Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year.

I am incredibly proud of all our student-athletes who made the ACC Academic Honor Roll this past school year! I want to thank our coaching and academic support staffs for helping us set another school record and ensuring our student-athletes achieve their goals in the classroom.

100 Student-Athlete Stories

In conjunction with Miami’s centennial celebration, we have created “100 Student-Athletes Stories,” a weekly online series celebrating 100 of Miami’s most successful and influential student-athletes across all sports. This week’s honorees include baseball standout Mike Fiore and football legend Sean Taylor. Click here to check out the entire list of stories from now through the end of the year!

In conjunction with the centennial we have published 100 Years, 100 Games: The Greatest Football Games in Miami Hurricanes History looks back at a century of UM football from the program’s humble beginnings to its rise as a college football power. This 162-page book, written by Carter Toole with a foreword by Jimmy Johnson, captures the history, theater and legacy of University of Miami football and is the perfect gift for any Hurricanes fan. Click here to purchase!

Speaking of Jimmy, he stars in this incredible video our creative staff put together to celebrate 100 seasons of Canes football. Click here to watch!

Canes Connection

Canes Connection is the Official NIL Collective of Miami Athletics and helps develop partnerships to benefit student-athletes with the goal of building the most impactful Name, Image & Likeness program in college athletics.

You can support student-athletes through Canes Connection, and as a benefit of that support, receive exclusive access to a wide variety of benefits including direct interaction and engagement with student-athletes. Click here to learn more about Canes Connection and its membership plans.

Our Canes Community remains stronger than ever thanks to your generosity. Go Canes!

Dan Radakovich