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Michigan football fielded one of the worst offenses in the country last year and still managed to go 8-5, with big wins over Ohio State and Alabama to finish the year. However, entering his second year, head coach Sherrone Moore is no longer willing to see a moribund performance on that side of the ball.
Enter Chip Lindsey, who has had success at UCF, Auburn, and most recently, at North Carolina, overseeing those schools’ offenses. Lindsey appeared on the In the Trenches podcast on Wednesday and shared a bit of his philosophy, how it meshes with what’s already established in Ann Arbor, and where he sees his offense going.
“I’m an old high school coach. I did that for a long time, so I think when you’re a high school coach, your philosophy really is built really around your players,” Lindsey said. “What do we do the best? What can our players do? You can run an offense in high school, and if you don’t have the players to do it, you’re not going to be very successful, so I think that background helps me in a lot of ways because we’re trying to identify this spring, who are our playmakers, for sure, and it’s pretty simple.
“Let’s try to get on the ball as many times as we can and let those guys go make plays, but philosophically, I think when I first got into coaching as a high school coach, you’re trying to make it exciting and fun and play fast and be spread and wide open and get kids to come out, especially basketball players who kind of venture away from football or baseball players who do the same thing. So that was kind of the theme, and that’s how I got into college football, and then once I got into college football and worked with a guy like Todd Monken and Gus Malzahn and guys that had been in the NFL or places where running the football was a premium, I think that’s kind of where I started to see if I’m ever…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2025-02-19 17:59:00
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