Michigan football officially announces Ohio State’s Tony Alford as new RB coach

Well, that was fast. Incredibly fast.

After taking a month to go from hiring Wink Martindale, Greg Scruggs, Brian Jean-Mary, and LaMar Morgan to actually announcing their hires, Michigan football has made quick work of stealing Tony Alford away from rival Ohio State.

The nine-year running backs coach and assistant head coach in Columbus is coming north to Ann Arbor to be the running backs coach and run game coordinator.

You can read the full press release, including quotes, below.

Full release

University of Michigan J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach Sherrone Moore announced Wednesday (March 13) the hiring of Tony Alford as the team’s run game coordinator and running backs coach. Alford comes to Ann Arbor after spending the past nine seasons at Ohio State University.

“Tony is an elite running backs coach who is an outstanding mentor and example for young men in all aspects of football and life,” said Moore. “I know that he will have a profound impact on our running back room and football program. We are excited to have Tony and his wife, Trina, and their boys join the Michigan Football Family.”

Alford has coached running backs for the previous 29 seasons in college football, mentoring many of the game’s top performers, and was promoted to assistant head coach for the offense during his final two seasons in Columbus. He brings 31 years of collegiate coaching experience to Ann Arbor.

Alford coached and developed six 1,000-yard backs in his nine seasons at Ohio State. His list of 1,000-yard backs includes Ezekiel Elliott (2015), Mike Weber (2016), J.K. Dobbins (2017, 2018 and 2019) and TreVeyon Henderson (2021). Henderson became just the fourth true freshman in program history to surpass 1,000 yards and his rushing total of 1,248 yards was second only to another Alford protege, Dobbins, among…

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Author : Wolverines Wire

Publish date : 2024-03-13 21:40:39

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