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Tuesday looks like it brought some good news to the Michigan football coaching staff.
With special teams coordinator and safeties coach Chris Partridge departing for Ole Miss as the likely defensive coordinator (the Rebels have not announced titles or assignments yet to their new hires), all eyes were on linebackers coach Anthony Campanile, who was in contention for both the Boston College and Rutgers — his alma mater — defensive coordinator positions.
While Jeff Hafley’s BC filling the DC role last week, Rutgers seemed like an obvious destination for Campanile, but on Tuesday, the Scarlet Knights hired away Robb Smith, who coached at Minnesota and was an analyst for Texas A&M in 2019.
According to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, that signals that Campanile is likely to stay put in Ann Arbor.
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
Given Campanile’s prowess in recruiting and having the continuity on the coaching staff, this is excellent news for the Wolverines. At this moment, should that hold true, Michigan will only have to replace Partridge, which would make for the least amount of coaching turnover for the maize and blue in the offseason in Jim Harbaugh’s tenure.