mlive.com - 12/21/2007
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Every one?
He fired every single one of Lloyd Carr's assistant coaches? Seriously?
That was my initial reaction to Thursday's news that new University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez had essentially taken a broom to Schembechler Hall, informing every current assistant coach that they would not be retained after the Capital One Bowl.
U-M coach Rodriguez brings back RB coach Fred Jackson
freep.com 12/21/2007 — New Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez will re-hire running backs coach Fred Jackson, U-M assistant athletic director Bruce Madej said today.
Rodriguez told all nine U-M assistant coaches on Thursday they would be released.
Jones counsels coach Rodriguez
mlive.com 12/21/2007 — Butch Jones spent the last couple of weeks preparing for a bowl game.
And preparing a former boss for a new job.
Jones, the Central Michigan University football coach, is trying to focus on getting the Chippewas ready to play Purdue in the Motor City Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Ford Field in Detroit.
Rodriguez Cleans House at Michigan
ap.google.com 12/21/2007 — Michigan athletic director Bill Martin declined comment.
Carr will coach the Wolverines on Jan. 1 against Florida in the Capital One Bowl, ending his 13th season as their head coach, then Rodriguez will take over.
But the former West Virginia coach already put his mark on the program by firing each of Carr's assistants, all of whom were given two-year deals in March that will pay them ...
Jackson re-hired to Michigan coaching staff
mlive.com 12/21/2007 — A day after new University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez released all nine of the program's assistant coaches, he re-hired Fred Jackson, the longest-tenured assistant on coach Lloyd Carr's staff.
"He'll be an offensive assistant at a position to be determined," U-M spokesman David Ablauf said.
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