ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Things will look different in Ann Arbor this fall on one side of the ball, as the Wolverines replaced five-year defensive coordinator Don Brown with newcomer Mike Macdonald.
Macdonald comes from the Baltimore Ravens, where he spent eight years — three as the team’s linebackers coach. Before that, he was an assistant — again, behind the scenes — under Todd Grantham at Georgia.
There’s been a lot of speculation about what the first-time defensive coordinator’s defense may look like once the maize and blue line up against their opponents this fall, but Macdonald shared more about what fans can expect — not just schematically, but philosophically and personnel-wise.
Here’s everything he had to say in his first media availability during spring ball.