Hello: Jimmy Dougherty
February 11th, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^
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February 11th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
Assistant TO the head coach.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:25 PM ^
Perfect execution. Quotes from The Office are what get me through the day.
February 11th, 2016 at 1:30 PM ^
Assistant to the football head coach.
February 11th, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^
Assistant to the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach
February 11th, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
I thought football precedes head.
February 11th, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^
depends on if you're into that kind of thing
February 11th, 2016 at 5:49 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^
Since the OP didn't link anything. Tweet only says offensive assistant coach.
San Jose St. asst. HC, pass game coord. & WRs coach Jimmie Dougherty is a new asst. offensive coach for Michigan's Jim Harbaugh per source.
— Thayer Evans (@ThayerEvansSI) February 11, 2016
February 11th, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
Not "offensive assistant coach", it's "assistant offensive coach". So a T. J. Weist replacement, not an actual assistant coach.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:14 PM ^
hey i don't care who he offends, just as long as we win
February 11th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^
But he MUST be offensive to the SEC.
February 11th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
I repeat, I will offend again.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
So he is going from being an WR/Asst head coach/passing game coordinator to an analyst position?
If that is the case, that must mean he is a coach in waiting or something.
February 11th, 2016 at 2:20 PM ^
February 12th, 2016 at 12:43 AM ^
In Harbaugh's presence he was,
Until such time he wasn't
Now Analyzing for Harbaugh in AA gets him
What Assistant Coaching at San Jose St. doesn't.
February 11th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
February 12th, 2016 at 12:47 AM ^
Yawn.
EDIT: This was a response to a troll that I could see on the App.
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February 11th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
Soup is off to be a WR coach, this seems like a hire to replace him.
It could also be a security net in case Fisch goes back to the NFL after this year.
Dougherty was a big name floated for the WR coach/passing game coordinator position. He may now be that "in waiting" behind Fisch if/when Fisch leaves.
This is low key a big hire. Harbaugh basically got both guys that were rumored to take the WR coach job, lol.
I feel like most would've been fine with Dougherty in Fisch's position, again, now we get both guys. Our coaching staff is wildly talented.
February 11th, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^
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February 11th, 2016 at 11:54 AM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
"Lisa needs braces..."
February 11th, 2016 at 11:53 AM ^
I googled and he is either Marilyn Monroe's first husband or some farmer in the UK.
February 11th, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^
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February 11th, 2016 at 12:01 PM ^
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February 11th, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
Pick-up Sticks.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
Man, I was hoping we would fill the vacancy foran assistant to coach Kerplunk myself - I think Michigan's team is just about ready to take it to the next level (where you use bowling balls for the marbles, mind you) and we could definitely use a good offensive mind on that staff.
February 11th, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
They probably should have hired Orson Welles son to coach these kids up for some competitive Dark Tower:
February 11th, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
Poker? I barely know her
February 11th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
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February 11th, 2016 at 6:01 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
Never mind - I was still thinking about Marilyn Monroe.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
I had one of my Dad's friends say "When I play tonsil hockey, I always break out my personal stick."
February 11th, 2016 at 1:13 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 11:54 AM ^
He was talked about for QB coach last year (why would we need another one?), so getting him as an analyst is dope. I guess coaches think working for Jim is a really advantageous career move. Who knew?
February 11th, 2016 at 12:00 PM ^
Yeah, IIRC, he was a candidate for the position that Fisch filled.
I wonder if Harbaugh's approach is to bring in assistants with the expectation that they'll get externally promoted within a few years, so it's good to have their replacements getting familiar with the program and waiting in the wings. Fisch will have other opportunities, if he doesn't have them already, and it's great to have a possible replacement sitting in one of these new administrative roles.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:13 PM ^
Could be, or that these analyst positions will become a common one-year springboard to a position/coordinator job elsewhere. Weist went off to USF in a larger role right?
Either way it is pretty clear that Jim wants ambitious people under him and that other coaches in the field will take even slightly backwards steps just to put "worked under Jim Harbaugh" on their resume.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:27 PM ^
Or there is just the possibility, as you said, that they are using it as a major resume boost. You'd think it'd be a low risk, high reward move to join Harbaugh's staff for a year.
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February 11th, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^
My read on the Fisch situation is that he's probably leaving after this year. He made a couple of comments after last season that reinforced that in my opinion. We'll see.
February 12th, 2016 at 9:26 AM ^
Yes, that does seem to be his approach. It seems very consistent with his recruiting approach...bring in the best & most competitive guys you can get, even if it means playing them outside their comfort zone for a year or two, and when option A moves on option B is already groomed. I LOVE that he's bringing influential and successful HS coaches into the mix as well because of their A) impact on recruiting and B) hunger to succeed at UM.
February 12th, 2016 at 9:28 AM ^
I know Dougherty wasnt a HS coach.... just saying that I love that Harbaugh brings in a mix of up-and-coming guys with something to prove (from anywhere he can find them) to groom underneath experienced guys who may get a HC opportunity very soon.
February 11th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
but maybe that was uninformed speculation. It's quite possible that he was only being considered for the analyst job he seems to be taking now.
February 11th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
leaving. Harbaugh is consistently hiring overqualified people when he can. And he can, because working for him is a good career move.