Let’s begin this ending with the right story. There are plenty that don’t get it right. The right story lends direction and purpose for what Jim Larrañaga was about as he resigns and begins where everything did for him, which was with his Miami basketball team around him. So, you could tell about him dancing in the locker room — shimmying, really, in that old-school, elbows-akimbo manner he did — after beating Houston as players clapped after reaching the Final Four just 20 months ago. You could tell about meeting his players as they came out of the game, one by one, for a quick handshake or hug in the spring of 2022 as they lost in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. But here’s the better story as he leaves a life of coaching basketball: Each practice, each year, for decades, Larrañaga had signs propped up against chairs lining the baseline for players to see as the word.

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    Hurricanes football coach Mario Cristobal lauded former basketball coach Jim Larrañaga, who announced he was stepping down.
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  • Miami’s Jim Larrañaga joins growing list of coaches who have seen enough of this new era
    Worn down by the changing landscape of college athletics, the winningest coach in Miami basketball history stepped down Thursday.
    12/26/2024 - 10:12 am | View Link
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    (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Now I’m here when the owner pumps his fist and awards a game ball for pulling within a game of .500 in a way that says he’s happy with a management ...
    12/23/2024 - 6:37 am | View Link
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    Watch our weekly Dolphins Deep Dive live stream as the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Chris Perkins and Dave Hyde discussed Miami’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. On Tuesday’s show ...
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