Overview
- Michigan announced the hire Saturday, three days after dismissing special-teams coordinator J.B. Brown.
- Coombs, 64, most recently coordinated special teams and coached cornerbacks at Cincinnati from 2022 to 2024, including a brief interim head-coaching stint in 2022.
- His career includes two stints at Ohio State — special teams and cornerbacks coach from 2013 to 2017 and defensive coordinator in 2020–21 — plus two seasons with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.
- Michigan highlighted his recruiting pedigree, including 2017 Rivals.com National Recruiter of the Year and three Big Ten Recruiter of the Year honors, as well as his role developing multiple first-round NFL cornerbacks.
- He inherits a group that faltered in returns and punting in 2025, with the Wolverines also needing to replace former kicker Dominic Zvada.