Hoke announces new coaching roles

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke announced today (Thursday, Feb. 20) the following coaching responsibilities for the defensive staff in 2014:

Greg Mattison - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Curt Mallory - Safeties
Roy Manning - Cornerbacks
Mark Smith - Defensive Line

Additionally, graduate assistants Jerry Milling and Ernie Lawson will work with the linebackers and defensive line, respectively.

"Everyone on the staff and the kids are really excited about these changes," said Hoke, the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach. "Greg and I met and felt this was the best for everyone, including him and his ability to coach a position group and run a defense from the middle. When you look at Mark's experience on the defensive line, then being able to split the secondary, where you have five positions and 20-plus guys, and with the way offense and passing has changed in college football, I think it balances our staff on that side of the ball."

Offensive staff responsibilities will remain the same with the addition of offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier.

Doug Nussmeier - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Dan Ferrigno - Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends
Darrell Funk - Offensive Line
Jeff Hecklinski - Wide Receivers
Fred Jackson - Running Backs

Graduate assistant Kevin Koger will continue to work with the tight ends, while new offensive graduate assistant Michael Switzer will assist with the offensive line.

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GoBLUinTX

February 20th, 2014 at 9:11 PM ^

have a read of this from 2012.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/sports/ncaafootball/endowments-becomi…

"Seven of the Ivy League's eight football coaching jobs are endowed, along with numerous positions in other sports. The premise is that these coaches are also teachers, part of the academic fabric of their institutions."

 

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Prince Lover

February 21st, 2014 at 1:52 AM ^

But from your block quote, I'd have to say I agree. A college football coach most definitely is a teacher. And not just in football. Show me one player from Lloyd Carr's era that would argue he didn't try to expand their horizons. He kept a dictionary outside his office and made every player that came to see him learn a word from the dictionary. Okay one word, not much, I know. But it is the idea that is important.

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GoBlueDenver

February 20th, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^

Holy shit, I thought at first the thing about Hoke's title was a joke of some sort. Not sure why I care, but that's fucking obnoxious. Are they going to have to say that whole line every time?

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Bando Calrissian

February 20th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^

These people already have the freaking locker room named after them. Why couldn't Athletics have said "thanks for adding to your endowment," and let it be?
I know, endowed professorships, etc. But it's a football coach. The XYZ Family Professor of Microbiology doesn't have his name published like that every time his name appears in print.

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elm

February 20th, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^

Smith moves from ILBs to DL; Manning from OLB to CB; Mallory from DB to S; Mattison from DE to LB; and Hoke stops being DT coach.  Mallory, I guess, is the only one not to see a major change in responsibilty.

On a related note, I'm a little surprised Manning got CBs and not S.  I'd think a former linebacker would have more knowledge of the S position with its larger run-support role.

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blue in dc

February 20th, 2014 at 7:07 PM ^

Seems to me like he actually had the biggest drop in responsibility? He moves from coaching 4/5 positions to coaching 2? Smith both takes on more positions and seems to be moving to shore up a position group that has been underperforming. Manning also takes on more resposibility. For a guy that seemed to be eager to move on to a head coaching gig, this seems like a step back unless it includes other responsibilities that would better prepare him for a head coaching job?

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elm

February 20th, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^

You might be right.  He certainly seems to have the recruiting chops to take on a bigger role.  I just wonder if going from coaching 1 position (essentially, SAM and nothing else) to coaching a position group almost completely outside of his own experience might be a big jump in one year.  Coaching Safeties would give him more experience coaching pass defense than he has had without be totally outside of what he did as a player and coached previously.

That said, Manning seems smart, enthusiastic, and dedicated, so I'm willing to give Hoke, Mattison and him the benefit of doubt.  I'm just a bit surprised is all.

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hart20

February 20th, 2014 at 6:32 PM ^

See Funk's name by "Offensive Line." Maybe, they hired someone new and gave him a Mission Impossible mask of Funk's face to keep it under the radar because he's actually a native North Korean. That's probably the best case scenario,

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HAIL-YEA

February 20th, 2014 at 6:34 PM ^

We are finally getting Mattison and Hoke's hands off the D-line? Thank god! I thought it would have been a strength but it turnoud out to be a disaster..kudos to coach Hoke for recognising a problem like that and addressing it without letting pride get in the way.

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snarling wolverine

February 20th, 2014 at 6:45 PM ^

I would imagine Hoke will still be involved with the DL.  I'm fine with that - he was a good DL coach under Carr and our 2011 and '12 DLs were pretty good.  I think our problems last year had a lot to do with personnel.

 

 

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HAIL-YEA

February 20th, 2014 at 7:18 PM ^

I'm pretty sure Mattison was coaching linebackers and Gerry Montgomery was coaching the line in 2011. The d-line was awful the past 2 seasons, I don't see how anyone could objectively say otherwise. I know Hoke was a good D-line coach back in the day, but the game has changed since the 90's and he wasn't also trying to be a head coach back then.. what he did back then really is not relavent.

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JamieH

February 20th, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^

Screw "J. Ira and Nicki Harris" and stuff their f'ing money in their a$$holes.  I don't care who they are or how rich they are this is idiotic.  If they really wanted to help the University they would endow them the money without having to stuff their family name into every stupid press release for the football team.  Jackasses.

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