4 months ago
- Wolverines
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
Kyle Whittingham has finalized his violative coaching unit astatine Michigan, and it includes respective acquainted faces from Utah.
In summation to Jason Beck making nan move arsenic violative coordinator, 4 different coaches person followed nan 66-year-old Whittingham from Salt Lake City to Ann Arbor, nan programme formally announced Wednesday.
• Jim Harding, a Maumee, Ohio, autochthonal and erstwhile caput coach astatine Troy High School, will lead nan violative line. Harding spent nan past 12 seasons coaching nan statement astatine Utah, wherever 11 players earned first-team All-Pac 12 aliases All-Big 12 honors. Spencer Fano earned statement All-American honors and won nan Outland Trophy successful 2025.
Mike Lynch, a erstwhile moving backs and violative statement coach astatine Nevada, has joined nan unit arsenic an adjunct violative statement coach.
• Micah Simon will coach nan wide receivers. A BYU graduate, Simon worked his measurement up nan coaching ladder quickly, first an expert nether Beck astatine Syracuse successful 2022, receivers coach astatine Northern Colorado successful ‘23, past rejoined Beck astatine New Mexico successful ‘24 and Utah this past year.
Marques Hagans, Penn State’s wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator for nan discourtesy nan past 3 seasons, has joined Michigan arsenic an adjunct wide receivers coach.
• Freddie Whittingham, Kyle’s brother, will coach nan tight ends. He’s been astatine Utah for nan past 13 years, coaching tight ends and serving arsenic recruiting coordinator. Tight ends were a large portion of nan Utes’ offense, and that is expected to proceed successful Ann Arbor. Dalton Kincaid starred astatine Utah successful 2022.
• Koy Detmer Jr. will coach nan quarterbacks. He filled a akin domiciled past twelvemonth astatine Utah, wherever he was considered an expert and worked straight pinch Beck. Detmer’s way grounds pinch Beck goes backmost to New Mexico (2024) and Syracuse (2022-23), helping nan up-and-coming coordinator pinch analytics, pregame readying and scouting.
Of note, and arsenic MLive antecedently reported, Tony Alford was retained arsenic moving backs coach and tally crippled coordiantor. Alford spent nan past 2 seasons successful nan aforesaid domiciled nether Sherrone Moore, to awesome success. Michigan boasted nan 14th-best rushing onslaught successful nan state down Justice Haynes and Jordan Marshall, and Alford precocious delivered five-star moving backmost Savion Hiter to nan Wolverines.
Alford will beryllium joined by longtime Michigan staffer Fred Jackson, who will stay connected unit arsenic an expert pinch nan moving backs.
Michigan’s caller violative coaching unit nether Kyle Whittingham:
Coordinator • Jason Beck (Utah)
Offensive line • Jim Harding (Utah)/ adjunct Mike Lynch (Nevada)
Tight ends • Freddie Whittingham (Utah)
Running backs • Tony Alford (Michigan)/ expert Fred Jackson (Michigan)
Wide receivers • Micah Simon (Utah)/ adjunct Marques Hagans (Penn State)
Quarterbacks • Koy Detmer Jr. (Utah)
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Aaron McMann is nan main hit writer covering nan University of Michigan shot programme for MLive Media Group, wherever he's worked since 2014. He went from covering precocious schoolhouse sports successful nan Flint area to a...
