Mario Cristobal
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Florida International University | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 1-11 | |
| Born | September 24, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Miami, FL | |
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| Overall | 1-11 | |
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| 1988-1992 | Miami | |
| Position | Tackle | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 2007-present | Florida International | |
Mario Manuel Cristobal (born September 24, 1970 in Miami, Florida) is a college football head coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Florida International University football team. He is also the first Cuban-American Head Football coach.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] College
Cristobal was a four-year letterman with the University of Miami Hurricanes football team between 1988-1992. During this time Cristobal was a member of the Hurricanes 1989 and 1991 national championship teams and in 1992 earned First-Team All-Big East Conference as an offensive tackle.
[edit] Professional
After graduating from Miami in 1993, Cristobal was signed by the Denver Broncos in 1994 as an undrafted free agent playing only in the preseason. He then went on to join the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe for the 1995 and 1996 seasons before retiring to pursue coaching.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] University of Miami and Rutgers University
Prior to being name FIU head coach Cristobal spent the two stints at Miami, between 1998-2000 and 2004-2006, as a graduate assistant, tight ends coach and offensive line coach. During 2001-2003, Cristobal was a tight ends and offensive line coach at Rutgers University under Greg Schiano.
[edit] Florida International University
On December 19, 2006, Cristobal was named the second head coach in FIU's history and will coach the team beginning in the 2007 season. Having worked as an assistant at Rutgers during their transformation from a perennial-last place finisher to a competitive program in the Big East, Cristobal is now charged with leading a Golden Panther team that finished the 2006 season 0-12.
For his first months of work at FIU, Cristobal has implemented a spread offense [1], and expects FIU to achieve success "faster than what we did at Rutgers", a process which "took five years." [2]
His first season, however, has been anything but successful. FIU struggle most of the season, losing their first eleven games. However, on December 1, the Golden Panthers finally broke a Football Bowl Subdivision(formerly DI-A) leading 23-game losing skid with a 38-19 victory over North Texas.
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| Preceded by Don Strock |
Florida International University Head Football Coach 2007– |
Succeeded by current |
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