4 months ago
- Wolverines
- Updated: Jan. 03, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 03, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
Michigan’s protect coaching unit nether Kyle Whittingham is set, and it includes a caller NFL assistant.
Alex Whittingham, who spent nan 2025 play arsenic nan Kansas City Chiefs’ protect statement coach, rounds retired his father’s protect unit successful Ann Arbor.
The unit was unveiled by nan squad connected Saturday, pinch nan group led by precocious announced protect coordinator Jay Hill. Hill, who comes from BYU, was precocious touted by Kyle Whittingham arsenic a “great leader” pinch nan “sharpest mind.”
Alex is 1 of Kyle Whittingham’s 2 sons. A erstwhile walk-on astatine Utah, he has been connected nan Chiefs’ unit since 2018, moving his measurement up from protect adjunct and value power coach to his domiciled pinch nan protect statement successful 2025.
Also announced connected Saturday was w. Gilford spent nan past 10 years astatine BYU coaching cornerbacks, and was elevated to passing-game coordinator successful 2025.
The duo joins seasoned protect ends coach Lewis Powell, who spent nan past 11 seasons astatine Utah nether Whittingham. His way grounds includes 8 players successful nan NFL and six NFL draught picks.
Complementing nan caller faces will beryllium protect statement coach Lou Esposito, retained from nan erstwhile unit successful a planned move that MLive antecedently reported. Analyst David Denham is besides being kept connected staff.
Also retained is typical teams coordinator Kerry Coombs, as MLive reported connected Friday, who arrived astatine Michigan conscionable days earlier erstwhile coach Sherrone Moore was fired connected Dec. 10. Garrett Clawson will besides enactment connected arsenic adjunct typical teams coach, Michigan said.
An updated look astatine Michigan’s protect and typical teams staff:
Coordinator • Jay Hill (BYU)
Defensive line • Lou Esposito (Michigan)/ expert David Denham (Michigan)
Defensive ends/ edges • Lewis Powell (Utah)
Linebackers • Alex Whittingham (Chiefs)
Defensive backs • Jernaro Gilford (BYU)
Special teams coordinator • Kerry Coombs (Michigan)/ adjunct Garrett Clawson (Michigan)
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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...
