Report: Michigan To Hire Luke Yaklich As Assistant
The Michigan Insider's Josh Henschke has confirmed a possibility that The Athletic's Brendan Quinn suggested earlier this week: Michigan is double-dipping on Illinois State assistant coaches, hiring Luke Yaklich to join DeAndre Haynes and complete the staff.
The Michigan Insider can confirm that #Michigan will hire Illinois State's Luke Yaklich as an assistant coach https://t.co/VUg5C1noqo
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) July 29, 2017
Unlike Haynes, who joined ISU this offseason after coaching at Toledo last season, Yaklich was on staff for last year's team that went 28-7, finished 49th on KenPom, and narrowly (unjustly?) missed an NCAA bid. The Redbirds boasted the 19th-ranked adjusted defensive efficiency in the country and the fifth-ranked eFG% defense; despite being an average-sized team with no major contributor taller than 6'9", their defense dominated the paint. This sounds like your Billy Donlon replacement.
Yaklich, an Illinois State alum, joined the ISU staff before the 2013-14 season after spending 14 years as a teacher and coach. He should have strong Illinois recruiting ties; he coached Joliet Academy (a Chicago-area school that produced M running back Ty Isaac) for six years and also served as the coach of two Illinois AAU squads. He also taught U.S. History, which has to earn him some Beilein points.
With Yaklich on board, Michigan now has a full staff at their disposal. He'll join Haynes and Saddi Washington on the recruiting trail soon, presumably.
Hey Illinois State...we snatchin' yo people up....RUN AND TELL THAT
Illinois State DECIMATED
Can these guys recruit?
They still have one assistant coach...
It all goes back to Ohio State firing Thad Matta. Ohio State hires Chris Holtmann from Butler to replace Matta. Butler hires LaVall Jordan from Milwaukee to replace Holtmann. Jordan hires Jeff Meyer from Michigan as an assistant. Milwaukee hires Patrick Baldwin from Northwestern to replace Jordan. Northwestern hires Billy Donlon from Michigan to replace Baldwin. Beilein hires DeAndre Haynes and Luke Yaklich from Illinois State to replace Meyers and Donlon.
Musical chairs and Illinois State is left standing.
Saddi Washington, with a full 1 year under his belt, is the longest serving asst. coach, so guessing its him??
Look at Beilein out here recruiting all this 3* assistant coaching talent. Michigan is a big time program and we should be going after 5* assistant coaches from Duke/Kansas/UK. Once again Beilein prefers being bad to being good.
/Maizen
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