BRADENTON, Fla. -- Don Brown sat in the Citrus Bowl press box, watching the University of Michigan football team dismantle Florida on New Year's Day. He'd been named defensive coordinator a week and a half prior to the game and greeted his new charges for the first time at a bowl practice.
Brown jumped right into recruiting the Wolverines' highly touted class with coach Jim Harbaugh and the rest of the staff and spent the last four weeks getting to know his players. This week, during practices in Bradenton, Florida, Brown is coaching them on the field for the first time.