Michigan OL coach Greg Frey and Mason Cole go way back

ANN ARBOR -- Come to find out, new Michigan offensive line coach Greg Frey and Mason Cole have history.

And it involves Cole telling Frey he wasn't interested.

Frey, hired by Jim Harbaugh in January to coach the tackles and tight ends and coordinate the running game, told the story Monday of his attempt to try and recruit Cole during his time at Indiana.

"I think I might have been his first offer," Frey said. "He told me 'no.' It sort of pissed me off."

Cole came to Michigan from East Lake High School in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where he was a four-star offensive linemen. Offers rolled in from the likes of Alabama, USC, Florida and Georgia.

But Frey had been watching him for years. His father…