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Miami University first fielded a football team in 1888 with the mascot of the Redskins.{{cite web|url=http://www.4down20.com/teams/miami-ohio/|title=Miami (Ohio) RedHawks|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041021/http://www.4down20.com/teams/miami-ohio/|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead}} There was no head football coach in the team's first two seasons or from 1898 to 1899 nor was there a team fielded in 1890. The team's first head coach was C. K. Fauver, who led MU in 1895 to a 3–0 record. Under head coach James C. Donnelly, the Redskins compiled a 14–8–2 record from 1912 to 1914.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/college/teams/teampage.htm?TeamID=56|title=Miami (OH) RedHawks Stats, History, and More – databaseFootball.com/College|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321045726/http://www.databasefootball.com/college/teams/teampage.htm?TeamID=56|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} George Little was named Miami's head coach for the 1916 season succeeding Chester J. Roberts. His first team went 7–0–1 and won the Ohio Athletic Conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1916|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321065629/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1916|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} This team gave up only six points, all in a game against Wooster, with the only blemish on their record being a 0–0 tie with Denison. Little's tenure was interrupted by his service in the armed forces during World War I. He served as a captain in the infantry from August 15, 1917, to August 7, 1918.Ancestry.com. Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917–1918 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Original data: The Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the World War, 1917–18. Columbus, Ohio, USA: The F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1926. He returned and led the Redskins to a 7–1 record in 1919 and a 5–2–1 record in 1920.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1919|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321065413/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1919|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1920|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321051030/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1920|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} He once again won the Ohio Athletic Conference championship in 1921 with a perfect 8–0 record.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1921|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321050318/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1921|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} The 1921 team scored 238 points during the season and gave up only 13. In his four years as Miami's head coach, Little compiled a record of 27–3–2 including 21 games where the opponent did not score a single point.{{cite web|url=http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2012/08/31/gameday/history.html|title=Cradles of coaches: Miami vs. Ohio State|author=Rob Oller|work=The Columbus Dispatch|publisher=Buckeye Xtra Sports|date=August 31, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905004141/http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2012/08/31/gameday/history.html|archive-date=September 5, 2012|url-status=dead}} He left Miami to become Fielding H. Yost's top assistant at Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://mvictors.com/?p=1266|title=Yost Busts the Ghost|website=MVictors.com|date=October 2, 2008|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

Chester Pittser served as head football coach for the Redskins from 1924 through 1931 with a record of 41–25–2.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19781019&id=5hFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hQIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2262,2324548|title=Death elsewhere|work=Toledo Blade|via=Google News Archive Search|date=October 19, 1978}} Pittser came to Miami from Montana School of Mines where he coached football and basketball. While at Miami, he mentored future Pro Football Hall of Fame coaches, Paul Brown and Weeb Ewbank. Frank Wilton came to Miami from his post as an assistant coach at Stanford and installed Pop Warner's double wingback offensive system.Kurz, Bob (1983) "Miami of Ohio, the Cradle of Coaches" p. 52 Library of Congress Catalog Card number 83-50645{{cite web|url=http://www.muredhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID%3D26100%26ATCLID%3D208497164|title=1980 Miami Athletics Hall of Fame Class|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308043948/http://www.muredhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26100&ATCLID=208497164|archive-date=March 8, 2014|url-status=dead}} In his first two years, 1932 and 1933, he led the Redskins to Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. In those two years he only lost three games, two to Big Ten Conference teams Indiana and Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1932|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321053827/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1932|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1933|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321044816/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1933|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} The next two years his teams won only five games each year,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1934|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321043618/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1934|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1935|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321055333/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1935|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} but returned to championship form in 1936 with a 7–2 record and a share of the conference title.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1936|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321044146/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1936|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} The Redskins slid to a 4–4–1 record in 1937,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1937|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321054137/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1937|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} but rebounded in 1938 with a 6–3 record.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1938|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321053554/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1938|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} The last three years of Wilton's tenure saw a drastic downturn in victories. The 1939, 1940, and 1941 seasons produced a total of three wins.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1939|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321045201/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1939|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1940|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321064256/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1940|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1941|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041209/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1941|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} After the 1941 season he was replaced by Stu Holcomb. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Wilton resigned his duties at Miami, effective at the end of the school year, to join the United States Navy.Kurz, Bob (1983) "Miami of Ohio, the Cradle of Coaches" p. 54 Library of Congress Catalog Card number 83-50645 He left Miami with the most football wins in school history, a record he retained until Randy Walker surpassed him in 1997. Wilton's 44 wins remain third in Miami football history.{{cite web|url=http://www.vandelaysports.com/football/coaches.html|title=The Mid-American Conference: "The Cradle of Coaches"|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

Stu Holcomb was named MU's head football coach for the 1942 season, succeeding Wilton. His first team went 3–6 which equaled the number of wins of the three previous years for the Redskins.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1942|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321052758/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1942|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} The next year Holcomb and the Redskins posted a winning record of 8–2–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1943|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321050909/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1943|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} This team was dominated by defense, only allowing their opponents to score in double digits twice; A 34–12 win over Bradley University and a 35–0 blow out loss to Arkansas A&M. In his two years as Miami's head coach he compiled an overall record of 10–9–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=5025|title=Stuart Holcomb|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321064436/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=5025|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} He left Miami to become an assistant coach for Earl Blaik at Army.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19441024&id=4JBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0mkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3610,3969034|title=Stu Holcomb Valuable Aide to Army's Coach|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|via=Google News Archive Search}}

Under head coach Sid Gillman, the Redskins compiled a record of 31–6–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=4990|title=Sid Gillman|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041205/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=4990|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Gillman is best known for helping develop the deep downfield pass that helped make football the game it is today.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/04/sports/sid-gillman-91-innovator-of-passing-strategy-in-football.html|title=Sid Gillman, 91, Innovator Of Passing Strategy in Football|author=William N. Wallace|date=January 4, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Gillman's teams used that to great avail at Miami, as he led the Redskins to great success in his four seasons as head coach. Among Gillman's players at Miami was Paul Dietzel, who played center at Miami from 1946 to 1947 and would go on to win a national championship as head football coach at LSU. Gillman would go on to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach.{{cite web|url=http://bengals.enquirer.com/2003/01/04/wwwgillman.html|title=Hall of Fame coach Sid Gillman dies|date=January 4, 2003|access-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140321013905/http://bengals.enquirer.com/2003/01/04/wwwgillman.html|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead}} As an assistant, George Blackburn helped Sid Gillman lead the Miami Redskins to a victory over Texas Tech in the 1948 Sun Bowl.{{cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/051606aaw.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321042235/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/051606aaw.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 21, 2014|title=Former Virginia Head Football Coach George Blackburn Dies :: Blackburn coached the Cavaliers from 1965–70 and was named ACC Football Coach of the Year in 1968.|publisher=CBS|department=CBS Sports Network|date=May 16, 2006|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Blackburn was named head coach for the 1948 season after Gillman left. Blackburn stayed as Miami's head coach for one season guiding the team to 7–1–1 record and the 1948 Mid-American Conference championship. In 1949, Gillman took the head coaching position at Cincinnati and Blackburn joined him as an assistant coach there.

MU hired Woody Hayes away from Denison as head football coach after Blackburn's departure.{{cite web|url=http://buckeyefansonly.com/woody/|title=Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes – history, famous quotes, all time record, photo gallery|author=ABP3|access-date=August 21, 2017}} In his first season at Miami, Hayes led the Redskins to a 5–4 record.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1949|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321050630/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1949|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} In his second year with the Redskins, Hayes led the 1950 squad to a 9–1 record and an appearance in the Salad Bowl, where they defeated Arizona State.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1950|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321054903/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1950|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Before the game, Hayes stated that the Sun Devils were afraid to play Miami, because Miami would beat them by two touchdowns. Hayes made good on the statement, with the Redskins winning, 34–21. Hayes had helped bring The Miami football program back to prominence after several years of mediocrity and absence from the spotlight. That success led him to accept the Ohio State head coaching position on February 18, 1951, where Hayes would cement himself as one of college football's greatest coaches.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiostatealumni.org/volunteer/celebratingalumni/Pages/WoodyHired.aspx|title=When Woody was hired|publisher=The Ohio State University Alumni Association |access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041440/http://www.ohiostatealumni.org/volunteer/celebratingalumni/Pages/WoodyHired.aspx |archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead}} Hayes' final record at Miami is 14–5.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=5288|title=Woody Hayes|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041714/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=5288|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}}

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Ara Parseghian was chosen to take over as head coach of the Redskins after Hayes' departure.{{cite web|url=http://www.parseghian.org/aboutcoacharaparseghian.html|title=Ara Parseghian – Notre Dame Legendary Football Coach – Parseghian.org|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Parseghian's teams at Miami consistently did well in the Mid-American Conference, posting a 7–3 record in 1951 and improving to 8–1 the following year.{{cite web|title=Ara R. Parseghian Records by Year|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1823|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=July 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927180941/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1823|archive-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=dead}} The Redskins were conference champions in 1954 and in 1955, when they went undefeated.{{cite magazine|author=William Barry Furlong|title='It's A Naturalness. It's Me'|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=September 21, 1959|pages=128–140 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1133873/1/index.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130307235735/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1133873/1/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2013|access-date=July 6, 2013}}{{cite web|title=1954|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1823&year=1954 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=July 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321064339/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1823&year=1954|url-status=live|archive-date=March 21, 2014}}{{cite web|title=1955 |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1823&year=1955|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=July 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321064530/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1823&year=1955|url-status=live |archive-date=March 21, 2014}} Parseghian's success, which included two wins over larger Big Ten schools, raised his profile nationally as a head coaching prospect.{{cite news|title=Parseghian To Coach Northwestern|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=December 17, 1955|agency=Associated Press|location=Evanston, Ill.|page=25}} In late 1955, he departed Miami and was hired to become head football coach at Northwestern, one of the Big Ten schools Miami had beaten. Parseghian compiled a 39–6–1 record in five seasons at Miami. After his tenure at Northwestern, Parseghian would go on to cement a Hall of Fame career as head coach at Notre Dame, where his teams won the national championship in 1966 and 1973. Parseghian's winning percentage at Miami (.859) is the highest of any full-time Miami head coach in the last 100 years.

To replace Parseghian, Miami promoted John Pont from assistant coach to head coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3469574|title=Longtime college coach Pont dies at 80|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=July 1, 2008|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Pont was an alumnus of Miami who had played running back for the Redskins from 1949 to 1951. Under Pont's tutelage, the Redskins compiled a 43–22–2 record{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=4463|title=John Pont|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321072444/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=4463|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} and made an appearance in the 1962 Tangerine Bowl (now known as the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl), a game they lost to Houston.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/john-pont-1.html|title=John Pont|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teampage.htm?TeamID=56|title=Miami (OH) RedHawks Stats, History, and More – databaseFootball.com/College|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321045726/http://www.databasefootball.com/college/teams/teampage.htm?TeamID=56|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Pont would leave his alma mater after seven seasons to accept the head football coach position at Yale.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/sports/ncaafootball/03pont.html|author=Richard Goldstein|title=John Pont, Who Coached Indiana to Rose Bowl, Dies at 80|date=July 3, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Pont would go on to have success as head coach at Indiana, taking them to their only Rose Bowl appearance to date.

Miami went to a familiar name to find its next head coach. Bo Schembechler, an assistant coach at Ohio State under former Miami head coach Woody Hayes, was hired as Redskins head coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2665857|title=Schembechler collapses, dies at 77|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=November 19, 2006|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Over the next six seasons, Schembechler led the Redskins to a 40–17–3 record,{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/bo-schembechler-1.html|title=Bo Schembechler|work=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}} winning a pair of Mid-American Conference titles and finishing second three times. The team's top season was 1966, as Miami went 9–1 overall.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1966|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321072555/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1966|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Miami's offense was led during those seasons by future longtime NFL players, first Ernie Kellerman and then Bruce Matte.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/colleges/miami_oh/drafted.htm|title=Miami (OH) Drafted Players/Alumni|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Schembechler's overall record at Miami was 40–17–3.{{cite web|title=Miami Football|url=http://www.muredhawks.com/pdf9/2528901.pdf?SPSID%3D617662%26SPID%3D87601%26DB_LANG%3DC%26DB_OEM_ID%3D26100|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215184754/http://www.muredhawks.com/pdf9/2528901.pdf?SPSID=617662&SPID=87601&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26100|archive-date=December 15, 2013|url-status=dead}} Schembechler departed Miami after the 1968 season to accept the head football coach position at Michigan, where he would also go on to establish himself as one of college football's legendary coaches and rival Hayes' Buckeyes.

The Redskins went with another of Woody Hayes' Buckeye assistants to fill its head coaching vacancy. Bill Mallory was chosen to lead the Miami football program after Schembechler's departure.{{cite news|url=http://www.journal-news.com/news/sports/college-football/mallorys-long-career-started-at-miami/nXnmb/|author=Rick Cassano|title=Mallory's long career started at Miami|work=Journal-News|department=Journal-News Sports|date=May 13, 2013|access-date=August 21, 2017|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231830/http://www.journal-news.com/news/sports/college-football/mallorys-long-career-started-at-miami/nXnmb/|url-status=dead}} In Mallory's five seasons, the Redskins compiled a record of 39–12 with four straight 7–3 seasons and a perfect 11–0 in Mallory's fifth that finished ranked No. 17 and No. 15 in the final Coaches' and AP polls, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/bill-mallory-1.html|title=Bill Mallory|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1973|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321072336/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1973|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Mallory won MAC Coach of the Year honors in 1973.{{cite news|url=http://www.niuhuskies.com/news/2013/4/18/Bill_Mallory_Selected_for_Induction_Into_MAC_Hall_of_Fame.aspx?path=football|title=Bill Mallory Selected for Induction Into MAC Hall of Fame|publisher=The Northern Illinois Official Athletic Site|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Following the 1973 season, Mallory departed for the head coaching position at Colorado.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19740112&id=oxsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E5YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3594,3349681|title=Colorado Hires Miami's Mallory|work=The Pittsburgh Press|via=Google News Archive Search|date=January 12, 1974}}

Dick Crum was promoted from assistant coach to head coach of the Redskins in 1974.{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiredhawks.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062011aad.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822093506/http://www.miamiredhawks.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062011aad.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2017|author=Andrew J. Bowman|title=Dick Crum to be Inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=Miami Redhawks|date=June 20, 2011|access-date=August 21, 2017}} He orchestrated several upset wins including victories over Kentucky in 1974,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1974|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321072701/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1974|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Purdue in 1975,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1975|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321070053/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1975|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} and Indiana in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1977|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321071942/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1977|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Crum had three winning seasons in four years and won the Mid-American Conference three times.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/dick-crum-1.html|title=Dick Crum|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}} In his first two years, he led Miami to the Tangerine Bowl twice, where they beat Georgia in 1974 and South Carolina in 1975. Those two Miami teams ranked in the final AP Poll at No. 10 in 1974 and No. 12 in 1975. In 1976, Miami's performance fell dramatically with a 3–8 finish.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1976|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074947/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1976|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} The team rebounded the next year with a 10–1 record. After the 1977 season, Crum accepted the head coaching position at North Carolina.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19780829&id=xLssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6533,5539689|title=Dick Crum has new offense, new ideas at North Carolina|work=Star-News|via=Google News Archive Search|date=August 29, 1978}} Crum finished his stint at Miami with a record of 34–10–1.

Tom Reed served as the head coach at Miami from 1978 to 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=5111|title=Tom Reed|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074554/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/coaches/coachpage.htm?CoachID=5111|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} His best seasons came in 1978 and 1981, when he led the Redskins to 8–2–1 records.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1978|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074822/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1978|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1981|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321075109/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1981|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Reed's squads orchestrated several big upset wins including a victory over North Carolina, coached by former Redskins head coach Dick Crum, during the 1978 season and a victory over Kentucky in Lexington in 1979.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1979|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074935/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1979|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Reed had four winning seasons in five years and tallied a career record of 34–19–2 at Miami.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/tom-reed-1.html|title=Tom Reed|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Among Reed's players at Miami was future Super Bowl winning head coach John Harbaugh, who played defensive back. One of Reed's assistant coaches was Jim Tressel, who would go on to great success as head football coach at Ohio State. After the 1982 season, Reed accepted the head coaching position at NC State.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1979&dat=19821222&id=YosxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LaoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1647,9172905|title=N.C. State Names Reed Head Coach|work=The Sumter Daily Item|via=Google News Archive Search|date=December 22, 1982}}

Tim Rose was promoted from defensive coordinator and served as the head coach of the Redskins from 1983 to 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/tim-rose-1.html|title=Tim Rose|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}} He led the 1986 Miami squad to the Mid-American Conference championship and a berth in the California Bowl. That season, Rose orchestrated perhaps the biggest win in the program's history with a 21–12 victory over No. 8 ranked LSU in Baton Rouge.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1986|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321075047/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1986|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Even with his success in 1986, Rose only had two winning seasons in seven years at Miami and finished his tenure there with a record of 31–44–3 that included a streak of 20 games without a victory between 1987 and 1989.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-07-sp-1238-story.html|title=On the Sidelines: Miami of Ohio Fires Coach Rose|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 7, 1989|access-date=August 21, 2017}} After the 1989 season, Rose's contract was not renewed. Rose was the first head coach since Edwin Sweetland in 1911 to leave Miami with a losing record.

Randy Walker became Miami's 30th head coach after Rose was let go.{{cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/063006aaj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102005640/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/063006aaj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2014|title=Miami University and Cradle of Coaches Mourns Loss of Randy Walker :: Former Player and Head Coach Left Profound Impression on University|department=CBS Sports |publisher= CBS Sports Network |date= June 30, 2006 |access-date= August 21, 2017}} In his first year the Redskins posted a 5–5–1 record,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1990|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074825/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1990|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} a vast improvement for a team that had only won two games in the two previous years. Walker made steady improvement in his nine years, culminating with a 10–1 record in his last year with the team.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1998|title=Miami (OH) 1998 Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321072826/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1998|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} This team was led by record-breaking running back Travis Prentice. Walker finished with 59–35–5 record{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/randy-walker-1.html|title=Randy Walker|work=College Football at Sports-Reference.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911025247/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/randy-walker-1.html|archive-date=2013-09-11}} including several victories over ranked opponents from major conference such as No. 25 Northwestern in 1995,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1995|title=Miami (OH) Season Schedule – databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074839/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1995|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} No. 12 Virginia Tech in 1997{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1997|title=Miami (OH) 1997 Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321072857/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1997|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} and No. 12 North Carolina in 1998. However, his teams never won the Mid-American Conference Championship. Walker's offensive coordinator from 1994 to 1995 was future Super Bowl-winning head coach Sean Payton. Walker left Miami after the 1998 season to accept the head football coach position at Northwestern.{{cite web|author=Mike Deneen|url=https://www.insidenu.com/2013/8/12/5907271/history-book-randy-walkers-impact-on-northwestern|title=History Book: Randy Walker's Impact on Northwestern|date=August 12, 2013|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

Miami changed its mascot from the Redskins to the RedHawks in 1996 in response to cries of the name being disrespectful to Native Americans.{{cite web|url=http://miamioh.edu/about-miami/diversity/miami-tribe-relations/mascot-story/|title=Mascot Story|publisher=Miami University|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

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After spending 13 years as an assistant at Miami, Terry Hoeppner became the RedHawks 31st head coach in 1999.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/sports/ncaafootball/20hoeppner.html|author=Clifton Brown|title=Terry Hoeppner, 59, Who Coached Football at Two Universities, Dies|date=June 20, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 21, 2017}} He succeeded Randy Walker. Hoeppner's first game at Miami was against Walker and the Wildcats, which resulted in a 28–3 Miami victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1999|title=Miami (OH) 1999 Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321075155/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=1999|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Despite the win, his first year was considered by some to be a disappointment. The RedHawks were coming off a 10–1 season, and returned several starters including record-breaking running back Travis Prentice, but were only able to post a 7–4 record. The drop-off was attributed in part to Hoeppner's installation of an open passing attack, rather than the running game Walker had used in the past. The change ended up paying dividends later, as Miami earned a 48–25 overall record in six seasons under Hoeppner{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/terry-hoeppner-1.html|title=Terry Hoeppner|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322013607/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/terry-hoeppner-1.html|archive-date=March 22, 2014}} and finished among the top three in the Mid-American Conference East in each of his six years at the helm. While at Miami, Hoeppner recruited and signed Ben Roethlisberger by promising to play him at quarterback, whereas other programs were recruiting Roethlisberger as a wide receiver or a tight end.{{cite web|url=http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Roeth/Roeth_bio.html|title=Ben Roethlisberger Biography|website=JockBio.com|publisher=JockBio|access-date=August 21, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805135417/http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Roeth/Roeth_bio.html|url-status=dead}} Roethlisberger went on to achieve great success in the NFL as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hoeppner's best season was 2003 when Miami, quarterbacked by Roethlisberger, went 13–1 and finished No. 10 in the final AP Poll{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=2003|title=Miami (OH) 2003 Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074527/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=2003|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Hoeppner would leave the RedHawks to accept the head football coach position at Indiana after the 2004 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121704aab.html|title=Terry Hoeppner Named Indiana Football Coach Big Ten Conference Official Site|publisher=Big Ten|date=December 17, 2004|access-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822093121/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121704aab.html|archive-date=August 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}

After spending four years as offensive coordinator at Miami, Shane Montgomery was promoted to head coach, becoming the RedHawks' 32nd in school history.{{cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/122804aar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102011032/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/122804aar.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2014|title=Miami University Names Shane Montgomery Head Football Coach :: Montgomery to Become Youngest Head Football Coach in Division I-A}} In his first year, the RedHawks posted a 7–4 record including a tie for first place in the MAC East division.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=2005|title=Miami (OH) 2005 Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321074852/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=56&Season=2005|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=usurped}} Akron won the tie breaker and represented the East in the MAC Championship Game.{{cite web|url=http://www.vandelaysports.com/football/lj_zippy05.html|title=A great time to be a Zip|publisher=archive.is|access-date=August 21, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140322021500/http://www.vandelaysports.com/football/lj_zippy05.html|archive-date=March 22, 2014}} However, Montgomery's RedHawks were never a consistent winner. On November 29, 2008, Montgomery resigned under pressure as head coach of the RedHawks, after four seasons and a 17–31 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/shane-montgomery-1.html|title=Shane Montgomery|publisher=Sports reference|access-date=August 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822101104/https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/shane-montgomery-1.html|archive-date=August 22, 2017}}

On December 23, 2008; Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Haywood was named the 33rd head coach of the RedHawks.{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/ncf/news/story?id=37898388|title=Miami of Ohio Redhawks to hire Mike Haywood as football coach|publisher=ESPN|date=December 24, 2008|access-date=August 21, 2017}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Haywood was the first African American head football coach at Miami University and is the only in school history.{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/96348-mike-haywood-named-miamiohios-first-african-american-head-football-coach|title=Mike Haywood Named Miami(Ohio)'s First African-American Head Football Coach|author=Michael Collins|work=Bleacher Report}} After going 1–11 in his first season,{{cite web|url=http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-09/mid-amer/2009-miami-redhawks-football-schedule.php|title=2009 Miami (OH) RedHawks Football Schedule|publisher=FB Schedules|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Haywood led the Redhawks to a 10–4 record in his second season and a MAC title.{{cite web|url=http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-10/mid-amer/2010-miami-redhawks-football-schedule.php|title=2010 Miami (OH) RedHawks Football Schedule|publisher=FB Schedules|access-date=August 21, 2017}} He was named the 2010 Mid-American Conference coach of the year.{{cite news|url=http://mo.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/miamiredhawks/entries/2010/12/01/haywood_named_mac_coach_of_the.html|title=Haywood named MAC Coach of the Year|author=Pete Conrad|work=Dayton Daily News|date=December 1, 2010|access-date=December 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726153443/http://mo.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/miamiredhawks/entries/2010/12/01/haywood_named_mac_coach_of_the.html|archive-date=July 26, 2011|url-status=dead}} Haywood left Miami after two seasons and a 10–15 record{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/michael-haywood-1.html|title=Michael Haywood|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}} to accept the head football coach position at Pittsburgh.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5924001|title=Pittsburgh hires Miami of Ohio's Mike Haywood as new head coach|publisher=ESPN|date=December 17, 2010|access-date=August 21, 2017}} However, sixteen days later, on New Year's Eve, Haywood was arrested on domestic violence charges against the mother of his son in South Bend, Indiana and was fired by Pitt the next day before ever coaching a game, holding a practice, recruiting a player or even hiring an assistant coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5978467|title=Pittsburgh coach Mike Haywood fired after domestic violence charge|publisher=ESPN|date=January 2, 2011|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

On December 31, 2010, the same day Haywood was arrested, Miami hired Michigan State offensive coordinator and Miami alumnus Don Treadwell as its 34th head coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5974236|title=Michigan State Spartans offensive coordinator Don Treadwell hired to coach Miami (Ohio) RedHawks|publisher=ESPN|date=December 31, 2010|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Treadwell played wide receiver for Miami from 1978 to 1981 for head coach Tom Reed.{{cite web|url=http://www.muredhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID%3D205458306|title=Don Treadwell|publisher=Miami RedHawks|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001749/http://www.muredhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205458306|archive-date=March 22, 2014|url-status=dead}} Under Treadwell, the RedHawks struggled, compiling back to back 4–8 yearly records in 2011 and 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-11/mid-amer/2011-miami-redhawks-football-schedule.php|title=2011 Miami (OH) RedHawks Football Schedule|publisher=FB Schedules|access-date=August 21, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-12/mid-amer/2012-miami-redhawks-football-schedule.php|title=2012 Miami (OH) RedHawks Football Schedule|publisher=FB Schedules|access-date=August 21, 2017}} before beginning the 2013 0–5,{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/9781201/miami-ohio-fires-coach-don-treadwell-0-5-start|title=Miami of Ohio fires coach Don Treadwell after 0-5 start|date=6 October 2013 |publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|access-date=August 21, 2017}} leading to Treadwell's firing as head coach. The rest of the 2013 season was led by interim head coach Mike Bath. The RedHawks would fail to win a single game in 2013, finishing 0–12.{{cite web|url=http://www.wcpo.com/sports/college-sports/miami-university-sports/miami-redhawks-finish-0-12-season-with-rout-at-ball-state|title=Miami RedHawks finish 0-12 season with rout at Ball State|publisher=WCPO|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322013443/http://www.wcpo.com/sports/college-sports/miami-university-sports/miami-redhawks-finish-0-12-season-with-rout-at-ball-state|archive-date=March 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}

On December 3, 2013, Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chuck Martin was announced as the 35th head football coach of the Miami RedHawks.{{cite web|title=Chuck Martin to coach RedHawks|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/10073320/chuck-martin-coach-miami-ohio-redhawks|date=December 4, 2013|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Martin also had a highly successful run as head coach at NCAA Division II power Grand Valley State, compiling a 74–7 record in six seasons that included two national championships and a national runner-up.{{cite news|url=http://gvsulakers.com/news/2015/6/22/FB_0622151720.aspx|title=2015 GVSU Hall of Fame Inductee: Chuck Martin|publisher=GVSU|date=June 24, 2015|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

In Martin's first season, the RedHawks' 21-game losing streak finally came to an end with a last-minute victory over UMass.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/miami-oh-ends-nations-longest-losing-streak-of-21-games/|author=Tom Fornelli|title=Miami (OH) ends nation's longest losing streak of 21 games|department=CBS Sports|publisher=CBS Sports Network/CBS|date=October 4, 2014|access-date=August 21, 2017}} The RedHawks also defeated Kent State{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400548141|title=Hendrix TD lifts Miami (Ohio) past Kent State 10-3|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=October 25, 2014|access-date=August 21, 2017}} en route to a 2–10 record for the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/miami-oh/2014-schedule.html|title=2015 Miami (OH) RedHawks Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}} The RedHawks finished 3–9 in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/miami-oh/2015-schedule.html|title=2015 Miami (OH) RedHawks Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}} After defeating Presbyterian in the season opener,{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400787304|title=Kummer helps Miami (Ohio) over Presbyterian 26-7|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=September 5, 2015|access-date=August 21, 2017}} Miami also defeated Eastern Michigan{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400787347|title=Miami (Ohio) beats Eastern Michigan for first MAC win, 28-13|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=November 7, 2015|access-date=August 21, 2017}} and UMass.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400787359|title=Miami (Ohio) snaps 22-game road skid, top UMass 20-13|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=November 22, 2015|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

In 2016, Martin's RedHawks struggled the first half of the season, starting the season at 0–6.{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/3/22/14981692/miami-ohio-football-2017-preview-schedule-roster|author=Bill Connelly|title=Miami (Ohio) lost 6 straight to start 2016 ... and might be the MAC East favorite in 2017|publisher=SB Nation|date=March 22, 2017|access-date=August 21, 2017}} However, the RedHawks recovered, winning their final six games of the regular season, becoming the first team in FBS history to win their final six games after losing their first six.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/miami-ohio-the-first-team-in-fbs-history-to-win-six-straight-after-0-6-start/|author=Chip Patterson|title=Miami (Ohio) becomes the first team in FBS history to win six straight after 0-6 start|department=CBS Sports|publisher=CBS Sports Network/CBS|date=November 23, 2016|access-date=August 21, 2017}} The RedHawks earned a berth in the St. Petersburg Bowl,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/miami-ohio-vs-mississippi-state-prediction-st-petersburg-bowl-pick-odds-line-watch-live-stream/|author=Tom Fornelli|title=Miami (Ohio) vs. Mississippi State prediction, St. Petersburg Bowl pick, odds, line, watch live stream|department=CBS Sports|publisher=CBS Sports Network/CBS|date=December 26, 2016|access-date=August 21, 2017}} a game they lost to Mississippi State by a score of 17- 16.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400876090|title=Blocked FG helps Mississippi State hold off Miami 17-16|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=December 26, 2016|access-date=August 21, 2017}} The RedHawks finished the season with a 6–7 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/miami-oh/2016-schedule.html|title=2016 Miami (OH) RedHawks Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

• Independent (1888–1910; 1940–1946)
• Ohio Athletic Conference (1911–1928)
• Buckeye Athletic Association (1926–1939)
• Mid-American Conference (1947–present)

Miami has won 23 conference titles, nineteen outright and four shared.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010535/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mioh/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/prospectus/prospectus.pdf Article title]}} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

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† Co-champion

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Randy Walker is the program's winningest coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/miami-oh/|title=Miami (OH) RedHawks Coaches|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}

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The RedHawks are 9–7 all time in bowl games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/miami-oh/|title=Miami (OH) RedHawks Bowls|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}

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{{main|Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)}}

Cincinnati lead the series 61–60-7 through the 2024 season. The two schools have met nearly every year since 1888.

{{main|Battle of the Bricks}}

The RedHawks lead the series with Ohio 56–42–2 through the 2024 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.winsipedia.com/miami-oh/vs/ohio|title=Winsipedia - Miami (OH) RedHawks vs. Ohio Bobcats football series history|website=Winsipedia}} The two schools have met nearly every year since 1908.

Since 2017, the RedHawks have competed for the Red Bird Rivalry trophy against Ball State. Miami–Ball State is one of two protected cross-division rivalries in the MAC. Through 2024, Miami leads the all-time series 24–13–1.{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/news/2020/10/29/redhawks-host-ball-state-in-2020-football-opener.aspx|title=RedHawks Host Ball State in 2020 Football Opener|website=Miami University RedHawks}}

• Unknown (1888–1895)
• Miami Field (1896–1982)
• Yager Stadium (1983–present)

{{See also|Cradle of Coaches}}

On July 24, 2013, the Miami Redhawks held a launch event for new Adidas uniforms for the 2013 football season. Two Miami uniforms were released at the event and each design was paired with new chrome helmets. The white away uniform included red shoulders with the new "MIAMI" wordmark across the top.{{cite web|website=UniformCritics.com|url=http://uniformcritics.com/football/college/miami-ohio-redhawks/2013-miami-oh-white-adidas-techfit-unis/|title=Photos of 2013 Miami Redhawks White Football Uniform|access-date=August 21, 2017}} The red design included white shoulders with the new "MIAMI" wordmark.{{cite web|website=UniformCritics.com|url=http://uniformcritics.com/football/college/miami-ohio-redhawks/2013-miami-oh-red-adidas-techfit-unis/|title=Photos of 2013 Miami Redhawks Red Football Uniform|access-date=August 21, 2017}}

{{See also|College Football Hall of Fame}}

{{See also|Pro Football Hall of Fame}}

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• Jerry Angelo
• Brandon Brooks
• Rob Carpenter
• Carm Cozza
• Tom Crabtree
• Paul Dietzel
• Gary Gussman
• John Harbaugh
• Terry Hoeppner
• Stu Holcomb
• Bill Mallory
• Joe Novak
• Dean Pees
• Sean Payton
• Brian Pillman
• Travis Prentice
• Dan Raudabaugh
• George Rider
• Ryne Robinson
• Sean McVay
• Sherman Smith
• Milt Stegall
• George Swarn
• Edwin Sweetland
• Leigh C. Turner
• Randy Walker
• Nobby Wirkowski
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