Former Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich spent multiple days at the University of Miami last week according to multiple sources.

Mark Helfrich spent the last eight seasons at Oregon

Helfrich met with Miami head coach Mark Richt and other staff members. He was also at team workouts.

“Our program occasionally brings in people during the offseason to discuss strategy and exchange ideas," Richt said in a statement. "Mark Helfrich visited with our staff last week and we talked football.”

Richt served as the Hurricanes’ offensive play-caller last season, his first at Miami, and the Hurricanes ranked eighth in the ACC (out of 14 teams) in total offense and sixth in scoring.

Helfrich, 43, spent four seasons at Oregon (2009-12) as the offensive coordinator under Chip Kelly guiding a spread offense that was ranked highly nationally in several categories.

Helfrich took over as head coach when Kelly left to be the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Helfrich went 37-16 in four seasons (2013-16) including winning a Pac-12 championship in 2014. He was fired at the end of the 2016 season following a 4-8 year, Oregon’s worst in 25 years.

Miami will be looking to replace three-year starting quarterback Brad Kaaya, who left as the school’s all-time passing yardage leader.

Six quarterbacks are in the running to be the next starter including junior Malik Rosier, sophomore Evan Shirreffs, redshirt freshman Jack Allison, junior walk-on Vincent Testaverde, freshman Cade Weldon, and freshman N’Kosi Perry, who will arrive in the summer.

Spring practices at Miami begin on March 21.

Christopher Stock has covered the Miami Hurricanes since 2003 and can be reached by e-mail at stock@insidetheu.com

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