The 2019 season marks the first time new Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis will be calling plays on his own. While Gattis hasn’t had that experience to this point in his career (he’s only 35), Gattis said he was heavily involved in crafting the game-plans for Alabama in 2018 as co-offensive coordinator.
“(Former Alabama OC, current Maryland head coach) Mike Locksley can say I watched him call every play, but ask him where the game plans usually came from?” Gattis said last month. “So I’m fine with that. He did call every play, and I’ve got a notebook upstairs with all the game plans written down in them.