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Manuel Alberto Diaz II (born March 13, 1974) is an American football coach who is the head football coach at Duke University. He served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Pennsylvania State University from 2022 to 2023 and as the head football coach at the University of Miami from 2019 to 2021.
Oct 18, 2023 · STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The first time Penn State players met Manny Diaz, many weren’t sure what to make of their defensive coordinator. The man with the slicked-back dark hair was tough to read.
Dec 8, 2023 · Duke hired Penn State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz as its head coach on Thursday night. The school announced Diaz’s hiring in a news release and is finalizing plans for a news conference Saturday to introduce Diaz as the replacement to Mike Elko, who was hired by Texas A&M.
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- College Football Writer
Dec 7, 2023 · Manny Diaz, who has coached at Florida State, NC State, Texas, Mississippi State, Louisiana Tech and Penn State, is the 23rd head coach of Duke football. He led Miami to three bowl games and Penn State to the Peach Bowl in 2023.
Dec 9, 2023 · Duke University formally announced Manny Diaz as the next head coach of the football program in a press conference at KD and Sarah Lynn Kennedy Field at Pascal Field.
Dec 9, 2023 · The Blue Devils are riding a rapid rise from Mike Elko’s two-year coaching tenure, going from a program in steep decline to one preparing for a second bowl straight bowl game. And it’s now on Diaz — who previously spent three years leading Miami — to add to that program-changing jumpstart.
Dec 7, 2023 · Penn State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz has been hired as Duke's next head football coach, it was announced Thursday night.
