In the latest — and certainly not last — rotation of the Michigan football coaching carousel, Scott Turner has accepted a job as the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers, according to an ESPN report.
Turner, formerly the Wolverines’ senior offensive analyst, leaves Harbaugh’s staff less than a year after he was hired. Word of Turner’s hiring comes just hours after his father and long-time NFL coach, Norv, was named Carolina’s offensive coordinator.
A far cry from precluding freshmen from playing in the second half, Beilein is now finding as many ways as possible to utilize his first-year players.
The Daily sat down with Purdue's 7-foot-2 senior center at Big Ten Media Day to discuss his personal progress, the Boilermakers’ goals, the matchups with Michigan and more.
Led by a storm of energy from the freshman duo of Jordan Poole and Isaiah Livers, Michigan earned another conference win.
Just four weeks ago — on the road against Ohio State — Michigan coughed up a 20-point first half lead, scored just 18 second half points and left Columbus winless and with an identity crisis to repair.
Throughout the season, the point guard position has been a source of limited production for the Michigan men’s basketball team.
In their previous game, freshman Eli Brooks and sophomore Zavier Simpson combined for just two points on three shot attempts facing a far-inferior Jacksonville team.
But on Tuesday night, Simpson played the best game of his college career, tallying 15 points and 7 assists to lead the Wolverines (2-1 Big Ten, 13-3 overall) to a 75-68 win over Iowa (0-3, 9-7) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The freshman forward has worked on his outside shot. Tuesday night, that showed.
Though Jacksonville hardly presents a more pressing challenge than Alabama A&M did last Thursday, the matchup offers the Wolverines a chance to recalibrate, once more, before the stretch run.
Michigan’s starting center left the Wolverines’ win over Texas on Tuesday night with a “slight ankle sprain.”
As Beilein and his staff prepare to square off against Detroit Saturday at Little Caesar’s Arena, their former player’s name will be at the top of the scouting report.