Michigan Football staffer accepts job elsewhere

Trent Knoop | 22 Hours Ago

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According to the latest report from ESPN's Pate Thamel, South Alabama has hired away Michigan football staffer Jayden Everett. South Alabama has given Everett a title bump by hiring him as its running backs coach. Everett came to Michigan this past season to work under Tony Alford and coach the Wolverines running backs.

Everett was last at Vanderbilt where he was the running backs coach before leaving for Ann Arbor. He also coached the position group at Tulsa ('21-22), Akron ('19-20), and Central Michigan ('17-18).

Sources: Jayden Everett has accepted the job to become South Alabama’s running backs coach. He was last a staffer at Michigan working with RB coach Tony Alford helping with the Wolverine tailbacks in 2024. He’s also been the running backs coach at Vanderbilt and Tulsa. pic.twitter.com/Ix5f8xLCDL
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 7, 2025

By all accounts, Everett did a fine job helping Alford in Ann Arbor. Michigan had Kalel Mulling rush for 948 yards in 12 games this season. Donovan Edwards had a down year rushing for 589 yards, but the Wolverines' offense was also hampered without much of a passing attack. Michigan had one of the worst passing offenses in college football and had to lean heavily on the run game.

Everett will now take over a South Alabama team that was 22nd in the nation this season averaging 198.6 yards per game on the ground.

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