mgoblog.blogspot.com - 12/21/2007
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Detroit News : ANN ARBOR -- Incoming Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez has fired all nine current assistant coaches. There is a possibility defensive line coach Steve Stripling may be rehired. Rodriguez, who was on campus Wednesday and Thursday to meet with football operations personnel and observe bowl practices, sat down with the coaches one by one on Thursday and to give each the ...
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.
After 40 years of stability, change hits Michigan hard
mlive.com 12/21/2007 — 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.
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.
Impact of Rich Rodriguez Hiring
web.mac.com 12/22/2007 — Michigan made the right move in choosing Rich Rodriquez to replace Lloyd Carr. He will make an immediate impact on recruiting, most notably QB sensation Terrelle Pryor.
