Western Michigan had been shopping for a new head coach on Michigan's staff. Both Mike Hart and Jay Harbaugh were interviewed, co-OC Sherrone Moore declined (he makes more as an OC at Michigan). The Bronco's ended up not gutting Michigan's staff but grabbed the Louisville OC.
Did you mention Louisville? Their head coach left after some poor results and took the Cincinnati job. Another place Michigan staffers could have ended up. Now UC and WMU are off the board.
Louisville tried to hire Jeff Brohm a few years ago and he turned it down. He takes the Boilermakers to the Big Ten Championship game this season, his team plays very well, and they lose by 3 TD's. He is off to Louisville, where he played college ball.
Now Purdue is on the clock, is the Michigan staff being considered again? The search was pretty quiet until it wasn't yesterday late morning. Ryan Walters on Monday was the Illinois DC, today he is the Purdue head coach. Jeff is 36 years-old and the 4th youngest head coach in the country. He inherited a bad defense in 2020 and turned them around to one of the best the last 2 years. He will not coach the bowl game as Jeff's brother Brian will have that duty.
The unique thing to me about this hire is that Purdue has always been known as an offensive team with an offense-oriented head coach. This hire is a strong indication of a new direction.
Outside of the Mississippi State tragedy, I don't expect any Michigan assistants to leave for another college program at this point. The next window will be the NFL coaching carousel and a Michigan coach getting an NFL assistant gig.
If Michigan's staff stays in place that will help recruiting in 2024 and beyond. Losing so many last season clearly hurt recruiting in this class.
- Corum and Olu make 1st team ESPN and Sporting News All American teams
- Nebraska de-commit 4-star athlete Malachi Coleman has cancelled his visit to A2 this weekend for Colorado. Damn it Coach Prime!
- Uche was named the AFC and Brandon Graham NFC Defensive Player of the Week = Michigan Pass Rush U.
1 comment:
Not a fan of coach Sanders. A lot of talk for a guy that hasn't won a Power 5 game yet. Can't wait for him to fall on his face or get busted for violations.
Post a Comment