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20) the hiring of Maurice Linguist and George Helow to the defensive coaching staff. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach Jim Harbaugh announced Wednesday (Jan.

Macdonald will still be considered the defensive coordinator-proper. New safeties coach George Helow comes aboard from Maryland after coming up through the SEC in various stops, while avid recruiter and recent Dallas Cowboys defensive backs coach Maurice Linguist will coach the defensive backs in addition to being the co-defensive coordinator. Shaun Nua will continue to coach the defensive line while Brian Jean-Mary will continue to work with the linebackers.Īs far as the new additions are concerned, they’re two that were reported previously. The Wolverines announced that, in addition to new defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, they’re hiring two new defensive coaches while retaining two. We'll see how that communication looks on September 2, when UB hosts Wagner to begin the season.Michigan finally completed its defensive coaching staff, and while there were some rumored hires on the way, only two came to pass, ultimately. As a leader, you're always identifying what you need to do next, what're the next right steps, and also you've gotta make sure you've got a lot of communication that's going on." "That's really the crux of our matter, and where we are as a program. "How do we get all of this different and all of this change, and collectively come together to work towards the same goal?" asked Linguist. That's going to take us to the next level." That's part of the culture that Coach Mo and his staff have instilled in us. It's all in the little details, and that's such a point of emphasis for us this year. To how you communicate and send out a call. "How you pick up a ball, to how you hold up a ball. From your last step off the field, to your first step on the field," said Kyle Vantrease, the incumbent starting quarterback. We have to challenge and push one another, encourage one another, come together and connect that locker room, and then ultimately we're gonna make sure that we're finding out who the winners are in these one-on-one battles.”Ī new sheriff in town w/ UB football ( means everybody starts with a blank slate.Īs tells everything is under scrutiny, from "how you pick up a ball, to how you hold up a ball." Hear more from the Bulls' 1st practice tonight /QZPYkpw9PxĪt this point last year, Linguist was the secondary coach for the Dallas Cowboys, so it almost doesn't matter who the last starters were each player starts with a blank slate. Commit ourselves to a way of doing things. "At the end of the day, what we have to do is commit ourselves to a process. And that culture's all about how we do things on a daily basis," he said. "It's under my leadership and my vision, but ultimately this is our culture. His mission was clear from his first practice: identify the best players on his roster, and instill a culture that values hard work. Linguist was snatched away from Michigan just 115 days before the start of the 2021 season.

Former UB coach Lance Leipold left the Bulls in late April, bolting for Kansas as players were heading home after the semester. Linguist is overseeing a fairly abrupt transition. I thought they handled those things pretty well for the most part.” You're looking at guys getting accustomed to what we do in our culture. "You're really looking at operation," he said after the team's first summer practice. Linguist was hired by the Wolverines to be their co-defensive coordinator after working for the Dallas Cowboys this past season as their secondary coach.Maurice Linguist was hired away from Michigan on May 7.Leipold coached the Bulls from 2015 until 2020, leaving to take the same position at Kansas.UB football held its first summer practice Wednesday since Lance Leipold left the program.