tank wright

Michigan has apparently filled its defensive vacancies. As mentioned a couple days ago, assistant S&C coach Tank Wright is getting a bump to position coach. Webb reported this was likely and twitter sleuths noted a change in Wright's twitter bio to go from "S&C coach" to just "coach" recently.

Wright followed Ben Herbert from Arkansas a couple years back after a career as an OLB/DE at Arkansas which led to a cup of coffee in the NFL. As soon as he finished that coffee he signed up to be an S&C guy at his alma mater. If you've ever been party to an online discussion of strength and conditioning you know that evaluating S&C guys is… uh… contentious. I have no real idea whether Ben Herbert is a dude or not; nobody on Earth could tell you whether or not Wright is. His bio from Arkansas sums it up:

He fits the profile of a young, hungry guy who will hang upside down like a bat if that's what's necessary to recruit, but don't confuse this with the Partridge hire. Partridge had assembled a powerhouse at Paramus Catholic (Jabrill Peppers! Rashan Gary! Other guys!) where none had previously existed. He was such a good recruiter that half of New Jersey's coach fraternity hated him. Wright may or may not work out; he is not the obviously good idea Partridge was.

[After THE JUMP: Jim McElwain 2.0?]

Campanile retained. Rutgers settled for this guy:

This is seemingly good news for #Michigan, as Wolverines linebackers coach Anthony Campanile had been a target for the Rutgers DC job. Campanile is expected to stay with the Wolverines. Rutgers retained his brother Nunzio, who served as interim head coach for much of 2019 season.

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) January 14, 2020

That's good news. Turnover's going to happen; losing the guys generally thought of as your top two recruiters at the same time would have been bad. Unfortunately it seems like retaining Campanile means the guy replacing Partridge isn't going to be Kentucky DB coach Steve Clinkscale but rather an assistant from the S&C staff named Tank Wright, per Webb.

Imagine Ohio State passing up an excellent position coach who is also a proven top notch recruiter so they can hire someone with zero track record because they can't find 100k. Would never happen. OSU might hire an incompetent because of nepotism, but they would never say they lack resources.

On the other hand. Tank Wright got married in the weight room.

What Strength & Conditioning Coach you know got married in a Weightroom? #BoutDatAction. Happy Anniversary Mrs Wright. 12/13/2018! pic.twitter.com/18horzAVKg

— TENARIUS TANK WRIGHT (@TankWright) December 14, 2019

If you can recruit a woman to get married in a damn weight room how hard can flagging down high school kids be?

[After THE JUMP: Dantonio deposed]