The Michigan Wolverines are in need of a new running backs coach after parting ways with Mike Hart this offseason, and it sounds like the team is targeting a coach from the archrival Ohio State Buckeyes to fill the position.
According to a report from John Brice of Football Scoop, the Michigan Wolverines are targeting current Ohio State Buckeyes running backs coach Tony Alford to fill that same position for the Wolverines.
“Tony Alford, whose nine-year run at Ohio State is the longest of his career, is the target to join his current employer’s biggest rival, FootballScoop has learned. A deal could be reached as early as today if the parties come to an agreement sources shared,” Brice wrote for Football Scoop on Wednesday morning.
This obviously would be a significant development as Alford has served on Ohio State’s coaching staff for nearly a decade and coached some of the program’s most iconic running backs including Ezekiel Elliott, J.K. Dobbins, and now TreVeyon Henderson.
We’ll have to see whether or not the two sides can agree on a deal that pries Alford away from Ohio State to Michigan, but this would certainly add fuel to an already strong rivalry.
