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Michigan Adds Air Force Defensive Coordinator Brian Knorr to Special Teams Staff

The hire extends Kyle Whittingham’s rapid staff rebuild following Sherrone Moore’s firing.

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WINSTON SALEM, NC - NOVEMBER 06: Wake Forest coach Brian Knorr gives instructions to the kick-off return team during first half action against Boston College at BB&T Field on November 6, 2010 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The Eagles defeated the Demon Deacons 23-13. (Photo by Brian A. Westerholt/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Team spokesman Dave Ablauf confirmed Knorr joined this week as an assistant on special teams.
  • Knorr is expected to work with Michigan’s special teams alongside coordinator Kerry Coombs.
  • He served as Air Force’s defensive coordinator from 2022 to 2025, with the unit ranking No. 1 nationally in total defense in 2022 before sliding to No. 118 in 2025.
  • His resume includes special teams roles at Ohio State in 2016 as a quality control assistant under Urban Meyer and at Arizona in 2017 as special teams and tight ends coach, plus a head-coaching stint at Ohio University.
  • Knorr’s arrival is part of Whittingham’s staff build that includes new defensive coordinator Jay Hill, while Coombs’ units showed progress in the Citrus Bowl under his late-season overhaul.