How Michigan football is managing with Greg Scruggs’ abrupt departure

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In the category of things that should not happen, new Michigan football defensive line coach Greg Scruggs was arrested for drunk driving on the Saturday before the start of spring ball. The former Wisconsin coach reportedly had a blood-alcohol content of nearly double the legal limit which ultimately led to his resignation on Thursday.

With spring practice having begun on Monday, the Wolverines have needed to quickly shift gears to cover the fact that they suddenly were without a defensive line coach. On Thursday, about a half hour after the announcement that Scruggs was no longer with the program, new head coach Sherrone Moore shared his thoughts about moving on from Scruggs, noting that at the moment, it’s a group effort to ensure that defensive line duties are covered from a coaching perspective.

“We’ll move swiftly but carefully, and do what we need to do to get that (covered),” Moore said. “But we have a collective unit coaching D-line and super happy with these past couple of days while that was going on. The whole defensive staff will be all hands on deck as we all are coaching every position. So looking forward to keeping it moving.”

While Moore wouldn’t share much about how he’s divvying up the responsibilities for coaching the defensive line at the moment, he says that defensive coordinator Wink Martindale is among those working with the group and that eventually some of the newly hired analysts will also get involved.

“Right now we’re just working through — Coach Wink’s definitely helping with that,” Moore said. “And we’ll work through the logistics of the analyst piece as we go through.”

So, again, Michigan football will have to look for another new member of the coaching staff. It’s not the first time that Moore will have to look for a new addition…

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Author : Wolverines Wire

Publish date : 2024-03-21 17:19:34

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