5 months ago
- Wolverines
- Published: Jan. 02, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
A 2nd personnel of nan Michigan coaching unit is being retained by Kyle Whittingham.
Defensive statement coach Lou Esposito has been invited backmost arsenic portion of Whittingham’s inaugural unit successful Ann Arbor, a root confirmed to The Ann Arbor News/ MLive.
Esposito joins Michigan moving backs Tony Alford, who is besides readying to instrumentality pinch nan Wolverines successful 2026. He has 1 twelvemonth remaining connected his statement pinch Michigan that would salary him a $650,000 guidelines salary.
Under nan caller staff, Esposito is expected to activity alongside Lewis Powell, who is reportedly joining nan unit from Utah. Powell has served arsenic nan Utes’ protect ends coach making love backmost to 2019.
The statement would beryllium akin to that of Sherrone Moore’s unit astatine Michigan, wherever Esposito focused his activity pinch nan tackles and a abstracted coach, Pernell McPhee, handled nan edges and extracurricular linebackers.
Michigan hired Esposito successful 2024 aft a lengthy stint astatine Western Michigan, wherever he worked arsenic protect statement coach and protect coordinator. A erstwhile violative lineman astatine Memphis, Esposito besides worked arsenic nan protect coordinator astatine Division II schools Ferris State and Saint Joseph’s.
Whittingham has moved quickly to capable retired his unit pursuing Michigan’s 41-27 nonaccomplishment to Texas successful nan Citrus Bowl. He confirmed nan prosecute of Utah violative coordinator Jason Beck connected Thursday, while reports opportunity BYU protect coordinator Jay Hill is leaving for 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...
