Hart Morris, a UM Sports Hall of Fame member alongside Hale and Hamilton, guided the Hurricanes to their first 20-win season in 1946-47, while Tom McCann went 30-7 in his two seasons as head coach (1928-29, 1931-32). ![]() Bruce Hale, who held the program’s wins record (220) until 2022, helped Miami to the first four postseason berths in program history during a five-year stretch in the 1960’s. Leonard Hamilton led Miami a co-BIG EAST regular season title and a Sweet 16 berth in 2000, five years after garnering UPI National Coach of Year distinction. Larrañaga is not the only successful Hurricane head coach, though. A two-time ACC Coach of the Year, two-time USWBA District IV Coach of the Year and the 2013 consensus National Coach of the Year, Larrañaga led the Hurricanes to the 2013 ACC regular season and ACC Tournament titles. He has also led Miami to all four of its 25-win campaigns, three of its four Sweet 16 berths, its lone Elite Eight appearance (2022) and 14 of its 18 wins over Duke/North Carolina. Larrañaga, who has a program record 226 victories, has guided the Hurricanes to seven 20-win seasons, over a third of their all-time total (19). Much of Miami’s success has come recently, under the direction of Jim Larrañaga, who took over in Coral Gables, Fla., on April 22, 2011, and is one of the 35 winningest coaches in Division I history. ![]() While there have been three spans since then that Miami has not fielded a team (1932-38, 1942-45 due to World War II and 1971-85), the Hurricanes have still tallied numerous impressive achievements. ![]() Men’s basketball was one of the initial sports offered by the University of Miami when it opened in 1926 and Art Webb led the Hurricanes to a 7-1 campaign in their opening year.
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