Given the opportunity to go home, Ron Dugans said thanks, but no thanks.
Reports had surfaced over the past couple of weeks that new Florida State head coach Willie Taggart had offered the Miami wide receivers coach a spot on his FSU staff and the assistant was giving it serious consideration. The fact that Dugans was born in Tallahassee, played his college football for the Seminoles and started his coaching career at his alma mater certainly made the offer an enticing one.
Dugans also served as Taggart’s receivers coach in 2014-15, adding further enticement to the opportunity.
In the end, however, Dugans opted to remain with the Hurricanes, with UM athletic director Blake James confirming to the Miami Herald in a text message that "[h]e is staying.”
The 40-year-old Dugans has spent the past two seasons as Mark Richt‘s receivers coach at The U. He also holds the title of passing-game coordinator for the ‘Canes.
During the first-ever early signing period last month, Dugans played a pivotal role in three touted receivers signing with Miami.