Michigan’s defense had a complete turnaround in 2021 under defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald. The defensive played at such a high clip Macdonald is now the defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, the organization he was at before Michigan hired him.
When it came to who would replace Macdonald, the process wasn’t hard for head coach Jim Harbaugh, he picked from the coaching tree of his brother, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, once again.
This time Harbaugh hired Jesse Minter, who was previously on the Ravens staff and was Vanderbilt’s defensive coordinator in 2021. Minter was under consideration for the DC job back in 2021, but it went to Macdonald, but a year later things changed, and Minter is in Ann Arbor.