The coaching world, especially at the collegiate level, is all about relationships. In terms of getting jobs, who you know is oftentimes more important than what you know.
When filling out an entirely new coaching staff, conventional wisdom would tell you the easiest way to do it is to fill the staff with guys you know. Friends, familiar faces and mentors you already have relationships.
When filling out his staff, Michigan Wolverines head coach Dusty May isn’t following conventional wisdom to a tee. A few familiar faces followed him from Florida Atlantic to Michigan, but two key assistants — Mike Boynton and Justin Joyner — have never worked with him.