Former college and professional football player Al Golden serves as the head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team in the NCAA. Golden was named the coach of the Hurricanes on Monday, December 13, 2010, replacing Randy Shannon. Following a 7-5 record in 2010, his fourth season with the team, Miami fired Shannon.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5912786

Prior to coaching the Miami Hurricanes, Golden served as a head coach at Temple University, a defensive coordinator at the University of Virginia and held several other lower-level coaching positions at other colleges. He also played as a tight end with Penn State University from 1989 to 1991, helping the team reach and win the Fiesta Bowl in 1992. Golden went on to play one year, the 1992 season, with the New England Patriots in the National Football League.http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/golden_al00.html

After his playing career ended, Golden took his first coaching position in 1993 on the high school level by serving as an offensive coordinator at Red Bank Catholic High School in New Jersey. Golden moved up to the collegiate level the following year when he joined the Virginia Cavaliers football team as a graduate assistant.http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/golden_al00.html

Building off of his work with linebackers and special teams at Virginia, Golden moved to Boston College in 1997 as their linebackers coach. He helped the team finish the 1999 season with an 8-3 record and appeared in his first college bowl game as a coach that season as well.http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/golden_al00.html

After a one-year stay as a linebackers coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team working under head coach Joe Paterno in 2000, Golden returned to the University of Virginia in 2001. He spent five seasons as the defensive coordinator for the team, before he was offered the head coaching position with the Temple Owls football team after the 2005 season. Golden led the Owls to a 27-34 record, which included back-to-back winning seasons in 2009 and 2010 and an invitation to play in the 2009 EagleBank Bowl. Also in 2009, Golden was selected as the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year.http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/golden_al00.html