Michigan Tuesday: Jimmy Goes On a Hiring Spree

Many college football insiders believe that Nick Saban wins a lot of football games are for two reasons: strong recruiting and a big staff that compliments his on the field coaching.   I think Alabama has roughly double the number of staff members then other programs.

Jimmy understands this and continues to hire strong coaches to his staff.  For those of you that are new to this process, staff roles are limited in what they can and can't do.  For example, they are not on the field coaches, but can review film, game plan, and work with players off the field.

Under Jimmy these positions turnover pretty much every year, as his staff gets on the field roles and even head coaching jobs after working under Harbaugh for a year or two.   Jimmy went on a hiring spree yesterday for his staff for next season.

Pat Perles is going to help with the offensive line.  Yes, this is the son of George Perles and Pat has a long history of coaching in college and the NFL.   A bit of a strange hire with his last name, but he is more then qualified for the role.

Ferris State OC Steve Casula is also now on staff as well. Steve knows new Michigan OC Josh Gattis as they worked together at WMU and run the same offense. If you didn't know, the Bulldogs made the D2 Championship game running Gattis/Casula offense. Another good hire, as Steve will be key in implementing the new offense. Bethune Cookman special teams coordinator/recruiting coordinator Aashon Larkins is also expected to be hired. Aashon is known as a special teams guru and also lead one of the top rated special teams at The Citadel. Those seem to be strong hires with a focus on the new offense, offensive line, and special teams. -Michigan Basketball plays tonight at Penn State, the team arrived last night as it was snowing. -Nik Stauskas has been signed by the Cavs for the rest of the season. Last week, Nik was traded 3 times and released. Hopefully, this is a better week. -Former Michigan WR/TE Ricardo Miller is in a developmental area of the WWE. -Wisconsin lost one of its best offensive lineman as Jon Dietzen retired yesterday due to a number of injuries during his career. He would have been a 5th year senior.

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