As far as what Michigan football will be in 2024, it’s something of a mystery.
Most who paid attention coming into the 2023 season weren’t exactly shocked that the Wolverines went 15-0 and won the national championship. Given the returning players and coaching staff, despite multiple coaching suspensions (Jim Harbaugh for six games and Sherrone Moore for one), the leadership on the team from the player level appeared to be one that could carry the maize and blue to the promised land. And that ended up being the case.
But the roster has had a lot of turnover, with most starters on the offense having moved on. The defense features a ton of returning players, but saw the entire coaching staff on that side of the ball move on. So what will give in 2024?
ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg put together a thinkpiece about the coaching additions around college football (subscription required) and when it comes to the maize and blue, he sees a ton of upside — though a group that’s hoping more to reload and have continuity than anything else.
Michigan’s staff has a bit more continuity, at least on offense, where new coach Sherrone Moore promoted quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell to fill his role of coordinator and shifted tight ends coach Grant Newsome to fill Moore’s other main responsibility, the offensive line. Both moves make sense for continuity, but Campbell, in particular, will be watched as he has more influence over Michigan’s offense. Campbell worked well within the Jim Harbaugh-constructed offense and helped J.J. McCarthy last fall, but he also comes from the Joe Moorhead tree and could try some different elements to attack defenses, especially as Michigan figures out a murky quarterback situation.
Michigan’s entire defensive staff is NFL-bound, and Moore is turning to longtime NFL assistant Wink Martindale to…
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