Miami football coach Mario Cristobal wants now-retired Miami men's basketball coach Jim Larrañaga to do at least one more thing for the Hurricanes. Cristobal wants him to share all his knowledge. A day after Larrañaga announced his sudden retirement after 41 years as a collegiate head coach,

Miami Hurricanes men’s basketball head coach Jim Larrañaga – the winningest head coach in program history – has stepped down from his position in the middle of his 14th season in Coral Gables, Florida. His decision comes less than two years after he led Miami to its first men’s Final Four.

Miami basketball coach Jim Larranaga opened up on why he decided to step down from the role in the middle of the season.

CORAL GABLES - Jim Larranaga, who led the University of Miami's men's basketball team to its first Final Four in the school history in 2023, has stepped down as head coach, the Associated Press and CBS Miami's news partner The Miami Herald reported Thursday.

Larrañaga was at the helm at George Mason when the Patriots made one of the most improbable Final Four runs in modern college basketball history in 2006. George Mason beat three top-seven seeds before taking down No. 1 Connecticut in the Elite Eight. The Patriots lost 73-58 to eventual national champion Florida in the national semifinals.

Jim Larranaga stepped down as coach of the Miami Hurricanes, effective immediately, on Thursday. "After more than fifty years in college coaching, it is simply time," Larranaga, 75, said. "There