With the end of the NFL cycle taking place and Michigan’s recent coaching transition, there have been a lot of changes for former Wolverine coaches and players in the coaching world:
Joe Bolden, Defensive Coordinator (Southern Mississippi): Bolden finished his first season at Southern Miss as the special teams coordinator and then was promoted to defensive coordinator in December.
Adam Braithwaite, Safeties Coach (Cincinnati): Braithwaite finished his first season as the safeties coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Anthony Campanile, Defensive Coordinator (Jacksonville Jaguars): Campanile finished his first season as an NFL defensive coordinator. The Jaguars are 13-4 and in the playoffs, and they finished the regular season #11 in yards allowed per game (303.6).
Joe Bolden, Defensive Coordinator (Southern Mississippi): Bolden finished his first season at Southern Miss as the special teams coordinator and then was promoted to defensive coordinator in December.
Adam Braithwaite, Safeties Coach (Cincinnati): Braithwaite finished his first season as the safeties coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Anthony Campanile, Defensive Coordinator (Jacksonville Jaguars): Campanile is in his first season as an NFL defensive coordinator. The Jaguars are 13-4 and in the playoffs, and they finished the regular season #11 in yards allowed per game (303.6).
This is a whopper of a post. I tried to keep track of a lot of former Michigan coaches and players who are in the coaching ranks. It’s impossible to keep up with all of them, and surely there are a ton who are coaching high school football or maybe at the Division II or Division III level.
FORMER COACHES
John Baxter (Special Teams Coordinator, Fresno State): Baxter has been the special teams coach at Fresno since 2022.
Joe Bolden (Linebackers Coach, Ohio): Bolden was named the linebackers coach for the Ohio Bobcats for the 2024 season.
Adam Braithwaite (Assistant Safeties Coach, Cincinnati): Braithwaite spent 2024 as Samford’s defensive coordinator and was hired as an assistant safeties coach this off-season by the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Don Brown (Head Coach, UMass): Brown was fired after ten games with a 2-8 record this year and went 6-28 during his second stint there. He previously went 43-29 at UMass back when it was an FCS program.
That was more difficult than it should have been. Michigan should have blown out MSU by more than 22 points. Offensively, the Spartans couldn’t do anything more than toss prayer balls up to 6’4″, 215 lb. wide receiver Keon Coleman, who had a great game with 5 catches for 155 yards and 1 touchdown. MSU averaged 4.75 yards per offensive player, a lower average than any game except when Ohio State held them to 4.21. But somehow a team ranked in the 100s in most pass defense categories held J.J. McCarthy to 15/25 completions, 167 yards, and 1 touchdown. The lack of a passing game forced Michigan to call on kicker Jake Moody 5 times, and he kicked 5 field goals, including a 54-yarder. It was a beating, but not as decisive as I wanted.
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I lose track of what off-the-field staff members are where, when they’re hired, when they leave, etc. There’s so much movement that it can be hard to keep tabs on them all. So I decided to put them all in one post and update it whenever necessary.
ON FIELD FOOTBALL STAFF Head coach: Jim Harbaugh* Offensive coordinator/QB coach: Matt Weiss Offensive coordinator/OL coach: Sherrone Moore TE coach: Grant Newsome*# RB coach: Mike Hart* WR coach: Ron Bellamy* Defensive coordinator: Jesse Minter# Co-defensive coordinator/CB coach: Steve Clinkscale DL coach: Mike Elston*# LB coach: George Helow S coach: Jay Harbaugh
OFF FIELD FOOTBALL STAFF Associate head coach: Biff Poggi Graduate assistant (QBs): Mimi Bolden-Morris# Graduate assistant (LBs): LaTroy Lewis# Graduate assistant (OLBs): Dylan Roney Offensive analyst: Kirk Campbell Offensive analyst: Jack Clark Offensive analyst: Bret Ingalls# Offensive analyst: Fred Jackson Offensive analyst: John Morookian# Defensive analyst: Garrett Cox Defensive analyst: Doug Mallory* Defensive analyst: Rick Minter# Defensive analyst: Joe Staab Special teams analyst: Bradford Banta Special teams analyst: J.B. Brown
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING STAFF Director of Strength and Conditioning: Ben Herbert Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Sean Lockwood Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ben Rabe Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Kiero Small Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Justin Tress
RECRUITING STAFF Director of Player Personnel: Tom Gamble# Assistant Director of Player Personnel: Denard Robinson*# Director of Recruiting Operations: Albert Karschnia# Director of On Campus Recruiting and Operations: Christina DeRuyter Assistant Recruiting and Operations Director: Paige Shiver Assistant Recruiting Coordinator: Jonathan Herd-Bond# Director of Player Development: Chris Bryant*
*Former Michigan football player #Hired following 2021 football season
