Michigan has promoted quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell to offensive coordinator underneath new coach Sherrone Moore.
Campbell, 37, will substitute Moore within the function whereas persevering with to work with the Wolverines quarterbacks, the varsity stated Friday. He was elevated from an analyst function to supervise quarterbacks after Michigan fired co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss in January 2023 amid an investigation into attainable pc entry crimes on the crew’s places of work.
Although Campbell’s promotion had been anticipated, it was unclear whether or not he may comply with former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh to the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers, in response to sources.
Final season, Campbell helped quarterback J.J. McCarthy win Large Ten Quarterback of the Yr honors and change into a first-team all-league choice as Michigan gained its first nationwide championship since 1997. Earlier than becoming a member of Michigan’s workers in 2022, Campbell served as offensive coordinator at Previous Dominion in the course of the 2021 season. The previous Mercyhurst participant from Pittsburgh additionally spent three years as an offensive analyst at Penn State.
Michigan additionally moved tight ends coach Grant Newsome to supervise the offensive line. Moore has coached Michigan’s line since 2021 along with serving as a coordinator.
“Kirk and Grant are two vibrant offensive minds,” Moore stated. “They’ve introduced loads to our offensive workers and can make even bigger contributions of their new roles. I’m excited to have Kirk and Grant tackle better tasks in our offense as they proceed working with our gamers to assist additional their improvement on and off the sphere.”
Additionally, J.B. Brown was promoted from analyst to particular groups coordinator. Brown has been working with Michigan’s particular groups since 2021, and Moore stated he has an “excellent thoughts” for it.
The Related Press contributed to this report.