5 months ago
- Wolverines
- Published: Jan. 01, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
Kyle Whittingham sealed nan woody with his violative coordinator earlier today.
Now it’s clip for nan protect broadside of nan ball.
On Thursday, BYU’s Jay Hill agreed to go nan Michigan’s adjacent protect coordinator, according to a study from ESPN.
Hill surfaced arsenic nan apical target for nan domiciled aft Whittingham took nan occupation connected Friday. The 50-year-old coach has spent nan past 3 seasons successful nan aforesaid domiciled astatine BYU, wherever he besides held nan title of subordinate caput coach.
This year, nan Cougars classed 35th nationally successful full defense and 21st successful scoring defense. BYU vanished nan play 12-2 and hit Georgia Tech successful nan Pop-Tarts Bowl, shutting nan Yellow Jackets retired successful nan 2nd half.
Before his clip astatine BYU, Hill was nan caput coach astatine FCS Weber State, wherever he went 68-39, won 4 Big Sky Conference titles and made six playoff appearances from 2014 to ‘22.
A Lehi, Utah, native, Hill was a cornerback astatine Utah successful 1998 and ‘99 earlier launching his coaching profession successful Salt Lake City successful 2001.
Hill remained astatine Utah done 2013, moving his measurement up nan coaching ladder from postgraduate adjunct to position coach to typical teams coordinator. He moreover coached moving backs for a year.
In Ann Arbor, Hill will beryllium tasked pinch building up a young Michigan defense. The Wolverines person already mislaid 2 starters to nan NFL draft, protect extremity Derrick Moore and linebacker Jaishawn Barham, and there’s a chance others depart.
The prosecute officially marks nan extremity of Wink Martindale’s clip astatine Michigan. The seasoned NFL coach spent 2 seasons successful Ann Arbor nether Sherrone Moore, who was abruptly fired connected Dec. 10 complete an inappropriate narration pinch a staffer.
Moore’s dismissal triggered a coaching search, 1 that landed Whittingham, 66, connected Friday.
Whittingham is besides successful a title against time, pinch nan NCAA transportation portal group to unfastened connected Friday.
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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...
