[9] 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.

[12] While at Miami, he mentored future Pro Football Hall of Fame coaches, Paul Brown and Weeb Ewbank.

[12] Frank Wilton came to Miami from his post as an assistant coach at Stanford and installed Pop Warner's double wingback offensive system.

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.

[25] He left Miami with the most football wins in school history, a record he retained until Randy Walker surpassed him in 1997.

[28] 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.

[33] As an assistant, George Blackburn helped Sid Gillman lead the Miami Redskins to a victory over Texas Tech in the 1948 Sun Bowl.

[34] 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.

[34] MU hired Woody Hayes away from Denison as head football coach after Blackburn's departure.

[36] 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.

Hayes had helped bring The Miami football program back to prominence after several years of mediocrity and absence from the spotlight.

[42][43][44] Parseghian's success, which included two wins over larger Big Ten schools, raised his profile nationally as a head coaching prospect.

[42] 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.

[48][49] Pont would leave his alma mater after seven seasons to accept the head football coach position at Yale.

[50] Pont would go on to have success as head coach at Indiana, taking them to their only Rose Bowl appearance to date.

[51] Over the next six seasons, Schembechler led the Redskins to a 40–17–3 record,[52] winning a pair of Mid-American Conference titles and finishing second three times.

[53] Miami's offense was led during those seasons by future longtime NFL players, first Ernie Kellerman and then Bruce Matte.

[72] Among Reed's players at Miami was future Super Bowl winning head coach John Harbaugh, who played defensive back.

[75] 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[74] that included a streak of 20 games without a victory between 1987 and 1989.

[83] Miami changed its mascot from the Redskins to the RedHawks in 1996 in response to cries of the name being disrespectful to Native Americans.

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.

[86] 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[87] and finished among the top three in the Mid-American Conference East in each of his six years at the helm.

10 in the final AP Poll[87][89] Hoeppner would leave the RedHawks to accept the head football coach position at Indiana after the 2004 season.

[90] After spending four years as offensive coordinator at Miami, Shane Montgomery was promoted to head coach, becoming the RedHawks' 32nd in school history.

[91] In his first year, the RedHawks posted a 7–4 record including a tie for first place in the MAC East division.

[94] On December 23, 2008; Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Haywood was named the 33rd head coach of the RedHawks.

[99] Haywood left Miami after two seasons and a 10–15 record[100] to accept the head football coach position at Pittsburgh.

[101] 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.

[108] On December 3, 2013, Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chuck Martin was announced as the 35th head football coach of the Miami RedHawks.