4 months ago
- Wolverines
- Updated: Jan. 05, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
Former Michigan moving backmost and adjunct coach Mike Hart is getting a promotion connected Chris Creighton’s unit astatine Eastern Michigan.
The schoolhouse announced Monday that Hart is being elevated to adjunct caput coach and will oversee nan receivers successful 2026. Michigan’s all-time starring rusher spent past play arsenic an violative expert for nan Eagles.
“Coach Hart is simply a winner,” Creighton said successful a news release. “He has nan ‘It’ factor. He selflessly helped america this twelvemonth arsenic an violative expert and made a affirmative impact. We cognize that he will beryllium a awesome summation arsenic adjunct caput coach and wide receivers coach.”
Hart has 14 years of assemblage coaching experience, including a three-year stint arsenic Michigan’s moving backs coach from 2021-23. He served arsenic interim caput coach for 1 crippled during nan Wolverines’ 2023 nationalist title play erstwhile Jim Harbaugh was suspended.
Under Hart, Michigan’s moving backs thrived. Blake Corum rushed for 1,000 yards successful consecutive seasons and was a third-round prime by nan Rams successful 2024. The Wolverines won nan Big Ten each 3 years Hart was connected staff, but they did not renew his statement aft nan 2023 campaign.
The 39-year-old began his coaching profession astatine EMU successful 2011 and besides has had stints astatine Western Michigan (2014-15), Syracuse (2016) and Indiana (2017-2020).
As a subordinate astatine Michigan, Hart was a two-time Doak Walker Award finalist and vanished 5th successful nan 2006 Heisman Trophy voting. Last season, EMU vanished 4-8 but was No. 2 successful nan Mid-American Conference successful passing yards per game.
“I americium excited to beryllium a portion of Eastern Michigan football,” Hart said successful a release. “Coach Creighton is 1 of nan champion leaders of men I person ever been around, and I look guardant to learning and being a portion of his program. EMU shot and nan Ypsilanti organization person ever held a typical spot successful my heart, and I americium excited to thief nan squad scope our goals for nan 2026 season.”
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Ryan Zuke is simply a sports newsman for MLive.com and covers University of Michigan athletics. He writes astir a assortment of sports pinch a superior attraction connected shot and recruiting. With nan occurrence of galore Wolverines...
