Michigan is anticipated to rent former Charlotte head coach Biff Poggi as affiliate head coach, a supply briefed on the choice advised The Athletic on Monday. The 64-year-old Poggi performed a key position in serving to Jim Harbaugh flip round a Wolverines program that gained a nationwide title in 2023.
Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald, who ran the Wolverines protection in 2021, mentioned Poggi’s presence contained in the UM program was “enormous” in serving to Harbaugh elevate this system after it had backslid to 2-4 in 2020 and strain was mounting on the top coach.
“He’s form of just like the consigliere,” Macdonald advised The Athletic. “He’s actually the one man that’s prepared to hash it out with (Harbaugh).”
Poggi was employed in July 2021 at Michigan and had additionally been on the UM employees as an analyst in 2016. The previous highschool head coach didn’t simply handle the Wolverine assistant coaches and join with the gamers and their households, he was additionally a significant sounding board prepared to have exhausting conversations with Harbaugh, changing into his right-hand man.
“Biff’s an excellent mentor and has been that for me,” Harbaugh advised The Athletic in 2022. “He likes to scheme it up, and he is aware of the right way to coach and helps coach the coaches. … So far as serving to me personally, there’s not too many selections that I make that I don’t run by Biff and we discuss it out.”
Poggi was employed as the top coach of Charlotte after the 2022 season. He went 3-9 in his debut season after which was 3-7 when the 49ers fired him.
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