Greg Scruggs, Michigan’s newly employed defensive position coach, resigned Thursday following his arrest early Saturday on suspicion of working a car whereas intoxicated.
Michigan coach Sherrone Moore confirmed Scruggs’ resignation in an announcement and stated Michigan would transfer “swiftly however fastidiously” to fill the job.
“We’ve got a collective unit teaching the D-line,” Moore stated Thursday, chatting with reporters in the course of the first week of spring observe. “We’re tremendous pleased with these previous couple days whereas that was occurring. The entire defensive workers, we’ll be all fingers on deck, as all of us are, teaching each place.”
Based on an incident report launched by the Ann Arbor Police Division, an officer noticed Scruggs’ car stopped at an intersection with its hazard lights on shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday. Scruggs advised the officer he had two drinks on the Chop Home, an Ann Arbor restaurant, earlier than leaving at roughly 11:30 p.m. Scruggs advised the officer he then stopped on the Pretzel Bell however didn’t have something further to drink.
Scruggs advised the officer he’d just lately moved to Ann Arbor and didn’t know the place State Road and Primary Road have been, in response to the police report. Scruggs additionally advised the officer he’d been working late and was drained. The officer administered subject sobriety assessments and measured Scruggs’ blood-alcohol content material at 0.16 and 0.17, double the authorized restrict in Michigan.
Scruggs, 33, was employed by Moore earlier this month after spending final season because the defensive position coach at Wisconsin. He performed 5 years within the NFL and was a participant at Louisville throughout Moore’s time as a graduate assistant.
Scruggs’ resignation is the most recent change for a training workers that has been in flux since Jim Harbaugh departed for the Los Angeles Chargers. Moore employed Ohio State’s Tony Alford to switch Mike Hart as working backs coach days earlier than the beginning of spring observe and now should rent a brand new defensive position coach as effectively.
“That’s life as a head coach,” Moore stated. “You’re going to cope with ups and downs. Issues are going to occur. You’ve acquired to have the ability to improvise and modify, and we’re prepared to do this.”
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