Greg Mattison Staying On
Bryan Fuller
247 is reporting that three different recruits have been contacted by Greg Mattison in his capacity as a Michigan assistant coach within the last day. It's not clear what his role is, but we're going to guess he ends up as a DL or LB coach with either a co-DC or associate head coach title and put him on the assistant board in ink:
OFFENSE | Coach | confidence | DEFENSE | Coach | confidence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
OC | Tim Drevno | lock | DC | DJ Durkin | lock |
QB | Jim Harbaugh | lock | DL | Durkin | lock |
RB | Ty Wheatley | probable | LB | Greg Mattison | lock |
WR | Tim Morton | probable | OLB/DE | Roy Manning | probable |
OL | ??? | ??? | DB | Greg Jackson | none |
TE | Vince Marrow | maybe | ST | ??? | none |
Drevno may take on the offensive line by himself or Michigan may add a dedicated OL coach. Sam says Michigan is reaching out to OL coaches($), including Oklahoma's. Adding an OL coach would either mean that Michigan goes with just four guys on D or Marrow isn't added—I doubt that anyone would go without an RB or WR coach.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:24 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 4:25 PM ^
Probably meant co-DC, right?
January 1st, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 4:26 PM ^
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January 1st, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
named assistant head coach? Runs out the clock on his contract at Michigan and hangs it up?
January 1st, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^
Should be John Morton as WR coach.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:29 PM ^
Drevno also OL?
January 1st, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 4:30 PM ^
Double post
January 1st, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 4:34 PM ^
Wasn't Mike Barwis pretty well regarded?
January 1st, 2015 at 4:44 PM ^
Also, if you look at the second half collapses during the RR years, I'm not sure he's the guy we want anyway.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:35 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 4:47 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2015 at 11:17 AM ^
I don't think Barwis was a drop off by any means. I've read many articles that players felt they were in the best shape of their lives after working with Barwis. Also players continually come back to Barwis after their college careers were over because he is so good at what he does. Barwis helped shape Mike Martin and David Molk into the beasts that they are. And they are two of the strongest guys to ever play for U of M. Have never really heard too much about Aaron Wellman and his program though. Wouldn't be sad to see him go.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^
And Durkin would take the ILBs.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:36 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 4:38 PM ^
OFFENSE | Coach | DEFENSE | Coach |
---|---|---|---|
co-OC | Tim Drevno | co-DC | DJ Durkin |
co-OC | John Morton | co-DC | Greg Mattison |
QB | Jim Harbaugh | DL | Greg Mattison |
RB | Ty Wheatley | OLB/DE | Roy Manning |
WR | John Morton | ILB | DJ Durkin |
OL | Tim Drevno | DB | Greg Jackson |
TE | Vince Marrow | ST | ?????? |
Interested to see who coaches Special Teams.
January 1st, 2015 at 6:27 PM ^
with who we get.
I think a big part of the reason Harbaugh's assistants have had so much success is that he knows how to get the most out of them. It's not just having an eye for talent. I suspect we'd have a much higher opinion of the last staff if Harbaugh had been their boss for the past few years.
January 2nd, 2015 at 5:00 AM ^
That's the impression that I get with Drevno and Morton too, that they're a team with Drevno handling the running game and Morton the passing game. Wheatley's kid said he hasn't heard from Michigan and didn't have us in his top four so I don't think his dad is coming.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:47 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 5:27 PM ^
From what we've seen from his past record, Harbaugh is a shrewd judge of talent. So I suspect he believes the defense maybe pretty good - good enough to win if they weren't on the field in a bad position. He also knows Mattison and he needs to keep a few people for continuity - it makes sense to keep him.
One final reason is a practical one - he hasn't coached against any Big Ten team in years and Mattison can help him with stuff that's not on the tapes - nuances and peculiarities on each team, stadium and opposing coach.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 4:50 PM ^
Win-win for Michigan.
Michigan owes Mattison money per his contract which the school would have to pay if he decided to do nothing. If he went to another program, I'm sure there would be an offset, but most schools don't pay their DC what Michigan does.
On top of that, they get a guy who is a great recruiter and a good coach who knows what he has on the defense.
Another great move...wonder if Hackett made it happen.
The only surprise is that Mattison said that he was at Michigan only because of Hoke. Hoke is gone but Mattison isn't.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:02 PM ^
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January 1st, 2015 at 6:23 PM ^
Mattison also has a resonal/professional relationship with the Harbaugh family going back to 1982.
January 1st, 2015 at 4:51 PM ^
Odd that we're still looking at OL coaches. Hopefully Drevno still works with the OL exclusively in practices. The idea of him plus one more coach working with the OL is great, but if we're just bringing him in to run the offense and not so much to do day-to-day OL work, that makes me a little bit uneasy.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^
The Harbaugh is wise. Trust the Harbaugh.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:08 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 5:11 PM ^
If he's the only OC, that could be his positional responsibility.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:24 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 8:43 PM ^
It's odd that Drevno is still listed as a USC coach on the USC website. Either that's just lazy web management or it's not a done deal yet.
http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/usc-m-footbl-mtt.html#coa…
January 1st, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
It's New Year's Day. The web managers are off today.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:07 PM ^
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January 1st, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
glad he is staying on. Hopefully the rest of the staff is filled out in the next week or so
January 1st, 2015 at 4:59 PM ^
@sandifer1970 @BillBankGreene Nothing official, but former U-M S&C guy Kevin Tolbert is good bet. Was Harbaugh's S&C guy at Stanford & 49ers
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) January 1, 2015
January 1st, 2015 at 5:01 PM ^
Can someone please clarify for me regarding the number of coaches the staff can have? Where does this rule come from and what impact does this have on HARBAUGH's staff?
For example: Alabama - 13 positions
Nick Saban - Head Coach |
Burton Burns - Associate Head Coach/Running Backs |
Mario Cristobal - Offensive Line |
Bo Davis - Defensive Line |
Lane Kiffin - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
Billy Napier - Wide Receivers |
Kirby Smart - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
Kevin Steele - Linebackers/Special Assistant to Head Coach |
Lance Thompson - Outside Linebackers |
Bobby Williams - Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator |
Joe Pannunzio - Director of Football Operations |
Scott Cochran - Director of Strength and Conditioning |
Tyler Siskey - Director of Player Personnel |
Thank you in advance.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:03 PM ^
and 9 assistants- pretty sure that's the limit
January 1st, 2015 at 5:10 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
You are allowed 9 assistants and 4 graduate assistants now. Believe that changed in '13.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:11 PM ^
January 1st, 2015 at 6:24 PM ^
Saban does
January 1st, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
OHHHHHHHHHHHH....
January 2nd, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
And I know Smart as listed as DC/LBs, but he also coached LBs. I believe he works a bit with the safeties (especially in the run game), while Saban works more with the CBs and the entire secondary for pass game type things.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:08 PM ^
as coaches. There are more jobs too, assistants in S & C, GAs, and SAs, for example. You're allowed ten coaches, a head coach and nine assistants. There are rules on what the different personnel can do. We got into trouble under RR for a QC coach doing too much.
January 2nd, 2015 at 3:55 AM ^
Exactly... this is also why you see random older guys as GAs sometimes, they are functionally unpaid position coaches. Dan Mullen, for example, was actually in charge of coaching Notre Dame's QBs while he was a GA there.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:11 PM ^
Found my own answer.
11.7.2 Football Bowl Subdivision - There shall be a limit of one head coach, nine assistant coaches and two graduate assistant coaches who may be employed by an institution in bowl subdivision football.
11.7.2.1.1 Weight or Strength Coach FBS - A weight (strength and conditioning) coach may conduct flexibility, warm-up and physical conditioning activities prior to any game and prior to or during any practice or other organized activities without being included in the limitations on number of coaches.
January 1st, 2015 at 5:10 PM ^
I'm glad he decided to stay and help Jim build a dynasty here at Michigan!
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