Indiana Coaches with Michigan Ties
Four (3 alumni, 1 ex-coach) members of Indiana's coaching staff have University of Michigan football ties:
- Mike Hart, RB coach
- Chris Allen, "Athletic Performance Coach" previously served as a strength and conditioning assistant to Mike Barwis under Rich Rod from 2008-2010
- Nick Sheridan, 1st year Offensive Coordinator and QB coach
- Aaron Wellman, "Senior Assistant Athletic Director for Football Performance" (strength and conditioning coach) was formerly Brady Hoke's Strength and Conditioning Coach from 2011-2014 (personal experience, I would never wish on my worst enemy being forced to workout with this guy)
Fortunately for us none of these guys "WRECKED OUR PROGRAM" so I wouldn't expect much bad blood.
November 5th, 2020 at 1:39 PM ^
as always, here's a spot to downvote if you dislike this post
November 5th, 2020 at 3:00 PM ^
I was expecting to see Bobby Knight wearing one of these.....
November 5th, 2020 at 6:51 PM ^
Probably one of the funniest comments on MGB I’ve seen during COVID. Thanks, had a nice laugh on that one.
November 5th, 2020 at 1:41 PM ^
I believe Mike Hart is also a co offensive coordinator for them.
November 5th, 2020 at 1:44 PM ^
per IU's website, he's actually the Assistant Head Coach
can't edit though
https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-hart/2860
November 5th, 2020 at 1:52 PM ^
Good for him! Great to see alum succeeding.
November 5th, 2020 at 1:57 PM ^
Unless we fix things, they’ll be “succeeding” this weekend too.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:15 PM ^
yeah, they probably don't want you editing their site
November 5th, 2020 at 4:29 PM ^
Assistant to the Head Coach. There's a difference.
November 5th, 2020 at 10:15 PM ^
Mike Hart coaching Charbonnet, Corum, and possibly Donovan Edwards, would be a real gift.
November 5th, 2020 at 1:43 PM ^
Nice to see a coach with passion and emotion. Crean is still a toolbox.
November 5th, 2020 at 1:45 PM ^
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, ASK HIM ABOUT IT
November 5th, 2020 at 2:01 PM ^
Crean is a toolbox. But he is also a damn good color guy as a TV analyst. He should have stayed in the booth...
November 5th, 2020 at 3:22 PM ^
I demand a UFR
November 5th, 2020 at 1:51 PM ^
I could totally see Tom Allen being the next coach at Michigan
November 5th, 2020 at 4:54 PM ^
Not even close. Allen is solid. Won't recruit as well as Hoke, but the team would be sound.
November 5th, 2020 at 2:16 PM ^
Lol, no. Dude is a stark raving lunatic who is standing on the shoulders of Kevin Wilson.
November 5th, 2020 at 4:55 PM ^
If that were true the program would have regressed, and instead is doing quite well.
November 5th, 2020 at 2:01 PM ^
I thought Wellman was the strength coach for the Giants? Don't remember him moving.
November 5th, 2020 at 2:08 PM ^
this is his first season at Indiana, hired in March. He grew up in Indiana and graduated from IU
November 5th, 2020 at 2:04 PM ^
Was never a big fan of the S&C guys, nothing wrong with them just nothing of note spectacular. It's always cool to have a big name former player, so it sounds cool to get a guy like Hart, but I know his history of JH is not great. Is he respected as a good coach and recruiter?
November 5th, 2020 at 3:43 PM ^
I think he’s received a few recruiting awards for his work. In fact, I creeped on his athletic dept page, and he’s earned a ton of accolades as he’s moved up the coaching tree...really glad he’s had so much success
November 5th, 2020 at 5:03 PM ^
He absolutely has aspirations of continuing to coach down the road and has always worked hard too achieve his goals. It's not a surprise he's being groomed for a future head coaching role somewhere.
November 5th, 2020 at 6:29 PM ^
I think he’s received a few recruiting awards for his work. In fact, I creeped on his athletic dept page, and he’s earned a ton of accolades as he’s moved up the coaching tree
I'd love to see him come back and coach at UM in some capacity. I'm not sure if he's ready to be a coordinator or HC at a blue blood, but maybe a position coach and co-coordinator. I can live with JH's recruiting class rankings and 9.5 wins per year, but we have to do a better job against OSU, ranked teams in general, and in bowl games. JH has had top 10ish classes, but they seem to be more so based on volume rather than average and we seem to have lots of misses and too many gaps like DT & CB now. Before that it was safety, RB, & o-line. I can be happy with being like UGA or PSU who wins at about the same rate. They are still a notch below Bama & OSU in their respective conferences. But, they are more competitive with them than we are and actually beat them every once in a while. We have the unfortunate reality of being everyone's rival so we get everyone's best. I don't know anyone else that has 3 rivals. But, we need a better staff & system. I can't remember the last time we had a functional offense with an above average QB or a defense that doesn't get shredded by OSU. The closest we came was 2016 with all of Hoke's players. I don't know what the answer is, but JH doesn't seem to be it. I'd be happy to see Hart on the staff in some capacity even if he's not ready for the HC yet.
November 5th, 2020 at 2:57 PM ^
The running back position has largely been a mess since Mike Hart left Michigan. Glad Nick Sheridan found success doing something football related, too bad he couldn't be successful at Michigan.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:05 PM ^
we'll always have minnesota
November 5th, 2020 at 5:04 PM ^
too soon
November 5th, 2020 at 5:38 PM ^
I think he meant Minny 2008 for Sheridan, not 2020. Enough time has passed for that one.
November 5th, 2020 at 5:45 PM ^
My history with Michigan started A-Train—>Perry—>Hart. Yeah, Askew was in there for a year at tailback before Perry could really get it going but he was also a beast that year.
I thought Minor was going to continue the legacy (before Carr retired). And man, it’s really been the wilderness since then.
Toussaint had a good year one time. De’Veon Smith and Higdon looked good but no one has really been a hammer, except for the Hammering Panda.
I get that feature backs are a relic of the past and I don’t mind having a Thunder and Lightning duo, but I am leery of this four RB rotation where no one gets into a rhythm.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:37 PM ^
I would never wish on my worst enemy being forced to workout with this guy
What's the issue with Wellman? I know he was pretty average in terms of his time at UM, is there something else there?
November 5th, 2020 at 5:07 PM ^
nah probably just your standard overly enthusiastic/intense Division 1 strength and conditioning coach, but I don't have anyone else to compare him with. I spent some time at Ball State with him and during the time (college years), I puked more from his workouts than I did from drinking too much --
November 5th, 2020 at 5:47 PM ^
Sounds like over-training to me. No wonder his teams faded and looked beat up on game day at UM.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:52 PM ^
Wait Mike Hart coaches at IU? Is he any good? Has there ever been thought of hiring him at UM?
November 5th, 2020 at 4:05 PM ^
Mike Hart got a stint at EMU when Ron English was the HC. Hart has slowly moved up the ranks.
Mike Hart also said that one day, he'd like to be HC at Michigan.
As for Mike getting a position at Michigan, he seemed to passed over by both Brady Hoke and now Harbaugh over the years. Harbaugh has his son coaching the running backs, so that's a dead end for Hart. I'd love to see Mike Hart return back to Michigan.
November 5th, 2020 at 4:37 PM ^
Whoosh.
November 5th, 2020 at 4:04 PM ^
At least we don't talk about S&C guys much anymore
November 5th, 2020 at 4:40 PM ^
Mike Hart is my favorite player of all time... awesome to see him being a great running back coach for the running backs!!! passing on the advice he learned from Fred Jackson... awesome. been following him since i found out that he was the rb coach for Western Michigan, my school! awesome and he is doing a great job for IU's running backs... hey, chill out, i am a meeechigan fan all the way but cheers for others who used to play or part of the meeeechigan family! GO BLUE!!!!
November 5th, 2020 at 5:33 PM ^
Mike Hart for our next head coach.