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. Over the next six seasons, Schembechler led the Redskins to a 40–17–3 record, 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. Miami's offense was led during those seasons by future longtime NFL players, first Ernie Kellerman and then Bruce Matte. Schembechler's overall record at Miami was 40–17–3. 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.