The way we were...UM hires Jimmy Johnson

Miami News, June 5, 1984.




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Thirty years ago today, the University of Miami hired Oklahoma State head football coach Jimmy Johnson to replace its departing head coach, Howard Schnellenberger.





Miami News, May 25, 1984. (Click to enlarge.)



Schnellenberger, who was making $250,000 a year and had three years left on his contract, quit UM "to become