Jim McElwain stood in front of cameras and reporters or the first time in Michigan gear this week wearing the unburdened expression of a professor on sabbatical.
For the first time since 2011, McElwain is not spending his offseason as the CEO of a college football enterprise. He spent another five seasons before then behind the wheel as an offensive coordinator at Alabama and Fresno State. The 33-year coaching veteran whose three-year stint running the Florida Gators ended with a flop last fall joined Jim Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines staff as an offensive assistant in late February.