Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis speaks about building his relationship with coach Jim Harbaugh during recruiting trips, March 22, 2019. Detroit Free Press
There are moments that shape lives and careers. Josh Gattis can point to two of his own.
In 2002, he was a freshman defensive back at Wake Forest and in the midst of a redshirt season he hadn’t anticipated after a decorated high school career. Confident and outspoken, Gattis butted heads with his position coach. He was homesick and adjusting academically.