Diego Ramírez leaves Miguel Herrera's tutelage and ventures into his first team as a coach.

The former Atlante defender, who served as Herrera's assistant at Atlante, America, national team, and Tijuana, will be the new coach of Dorados de Sinaloa, becoming the third generation of strategists working under the Lavolpismo school, one of the most famous football trends in Mexican football.

This style, managed in a 5 - 3 - 2 formation - three players in the backline, two side or 'wing' players as complements, three midfielders in the middle of the field, and two forwards – is based on maintaining ball possession at the field level, as well as short passes for goal kicks, in addition to trying to maintain numerical superiority in the immediate surroundings of the ball.

These are the three most prominent generations of Lavolpismo.

"The grandfather": Ricardo Antonio La Volpe

Since he began his career on the bench, the Argentine coach started with this style with Halcones de Oaxtepec and Ángeles de Puebla, but it was with Atlante where he solidified his philosophy by winning the title in the 1992-93 season, ending the 46-year championship drought of the Potros de Hierro.

The fruits of Lavolpismo have also been reflected in Mexico's victory in the 2003 Gold Cup, in teams facing relegation such as Oaxtepec (1983-84) and Querétaro (1990-91), in addition to achieving the development of players like Rafael Márquez in Atlas and Andrés Guardado in the national team.

"The offspring": Miguel Herrera

La Volpe has several notable apprentices of his philosophy, such as José Guadalupe Cruz (league champion with Atlante in 2007, as well as winning the 2009 CONCACAF Champions League and finishing fourth at the FIFA Club World Cup), Daniel Guzmán (won Santos Laguna's third title in 2008), and Jorge Almirón (won the Argentine Supercup, the Bicentennial Cup, and the Primera División in 2016 with Lanús), among others.

However, Miguel Herrera is considered the most successful of his apprentices. Among his achievements are the Clausura 2013 title with Club América, after a penalty shootout against Cruz Azul, and reaching the runner-up position in the following tournament after falling to León, in addition to winning the 2015 Gold Cup with the Mexican national team.

"The grandson": Diego Ramírez

After retiring from the field in 2009, the former defender worked with 'El Piojo' as part of his coaching staff from Atlante to Xolos de Tijuana. However, after Herrera's return to América in May 2017, the two took different paths and Ramírez became the new coach of Dorados de Sinaloa.

With everything he learned under the tutelage of 'El Piojo', Diego Ramírez has the task of keeping Dorados de Sinaloa in contention for promotion to Liga MX, as Gabriel Caballero's 'El Gran Pez' fell short this year after losing in the Ascenso Final against Lobos BUAP.