With the resignation of another important assistant, Steve Clinkscale, Sherrone Moore’s task as the new head coach of the Michigan football team just became harder.
According to Sam Webb of The Michigan Insider, Steve Clinkscale is departing the Wolverines for the Chargers, dealing another damage to the coaching staff just when you thought Michigan football was finally starting to stabilise this offseason.
This is a change from earlier this week when Clink informed the coaches and players that he would be staying. Jim Harbaugh was after Clink but money appeared to be an issue. But it appears that obstacle has been overcome, and Clink is departing, Ben Herbert included, along with Mike Elston, Jay Harbaugh, and Jesse Minter.
Mike Hart is still unidentified, and the defensive coaching staff as a whole will now be replaced. Hiring Wink Martindale was a wise move. But the Wolverines recently lost their two best recruiters on that side of the ball, so he won’t do well in the recruitment process.
Sherrone Moore has his work cut out for him
In addition, position coaches were fired from crucial defensive line and secondary players. Under Clink, Michigan football produced three consecutive top-20 pass defences, and to be honest, when he was passed over for the defensive coordinator position, it was definitely time to call it quits.
I hope that was the right decision. There would still be continuity if Clink was promoted to DC, but now there won’t be any on defence outside of the plan. I think Sherrone Moore was the best person for the job and I have faith in him.
However, he needs to make a big splash when it comes to hiring defensive line and secondary coaches since the 2024 campaign may swiftly devolve into a rebuild if the new assistants don’t get along with Michigan football stars and lose players through the transfer portal.
