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Sherrone Moore and Jonathan Smith soon went their separate ways. But early Thursday morning, they were in lockstep, walking side-by-side as they quickly left the floor at Wayne State Fieldhouse, where they each delivered some brief remarks before a group of high school prospects at the National College Showcase.
This is the dawn of the frenetic recruiting season, which means there is now little time to waste for the two new leaders of Michigan football and Michigan State football.
Then again, there never really was.
They have each inherited their own set of burdens and encountered varying degrees of turbulence as they’ve worked to usher their respective programs into a new age within a deeper, mightier Big Ten. In that sense, there is more in common between Moore and Smith than there are differences. Together, they have the unique distinction of becoming the first head coaches to begin their tenures at U-M and MSU in the same season since 1995, when Lloyd Carr replaced Gary Moeller in Ann Arbor and Nick Saban succeeded George Perles in East Lansing.
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Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore watches a play during the first half of the spring game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
“For me, I never really want anything but to be in a situation that challenges you,” said Moore, who took over the Wolverines in January.
Smith has approached his career with the same dogged mindset. His work history has been marked by rebuilds, after all. At Oregon State, he resuscitated a Pac-12 doormat that won one game the season prior to his arrival, lifting the Beavers to bowl eligibility by Year 4 of his regime and then guiding them to 10 victories the following fall.
Now, Smith is attempting to revive MSU…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-05-31 10:08:29
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