Kevin Patrick and Charlie Partridge won't be Craig Kuligowski's replacement at Miami.

247Sports Josh Newberg was told early Saturday that Patrick is expected to remain at N.C. State as the Wolfpack's defensive line coach. He was recruiting in Raleigh on Saturday at Junior Day. InsideTheU also learned early Saturday that Partridge intends to stay at Pittsburgh as the Panthers defensive line coach. He didn’t interview with Richt which had been previously reported.

Both Patrick, who played on UM's 1989 and 91 national title teams, and Partridge, who grew up in South Florida and used to be the head coach at Florida Atlantic, had their names linked to UM earlier this week when news broke that Kuligowski was headed to Alabama to work for Nick Saban.

Mark Richt told the Miami Herald's Barry Jackson on Saturday that he's in no rush to make a hire.

“By the time spring ball starts [on March 20], I definitely want somebody by then,” he said Saturday before hosting his All Pro Dads event at Hard Rock Stadium. “We’re not starting another three weeks or so. When it comes to hiring people, the goal is not to be the fastest but to be right. I want to make sure we bring in the right person."

“The good news is there is a massive amount of people that want to be here. It’s a great destination job. We have a lot of people that are really interested even though it’s an awkward time of the year. This late in the spring, usually everybody is settled in and it’s over. Because the NFL cherry-picked Alabama’s guy, Bama cherry picked our guy, now we’re going to find the best guy for the job. There are a lot of great men out there who want this job.

“I’ve got to make sure we’re bringing in the right person as far as his ability to coach, as far as the type of person he is, his character, can he recruit and does he really want to do things the way I like to do things. That’s important. I want him to fit into the fabric of our staff. We’re got great camaraderie, great unity amongst our staff and I think that bleeds into our players and I want to make sure that person fits.”

It's unclear at the time who exactly has expressed interest in the opening, but Kansas State defensive ends coach Jon Fabris is believed to be a candidate. He worked with Richt at Georgia from 2001 to 2009 and developed players like David Pollack and Justin Houston.

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