Michigan has found its new defensive coordinator.
According to multiple reports, the Wolverines are hiring Jesse Minter as their new defensive coordinator following the departure of Mike Macdonald to the Baltimore Ravens.
Sources: Michigan is expected to hire Vanderbilts Jesse Minter as the schools new defensive coordinator. Hes a former Ravens assistant who brings experience in defensive system.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 8, 2022
Like Macdonald, Minter joins Michigan’s staff after previously working for Jim Harbaugh’s brother John in Baltimore. Before becoming Vanderbilt’s defensive coordinator last season, Minter – the son of former Cincinnati head coach Rick Minter – was an assistant coach for the Ravens from 2017-20.
In his lone season at Vanderbilt, the Commodores ranked just 118th in total defense (457.3 yards allowed per game) and 119th in scoring defense (35.8 points allowed per game). Nonetheless, Harbaugh is entrusting Minter with taking over for Macdonald and running the Wolverines’ defense.
Minter was also previously the defensive coordinator at Georgia State (2013-16) and Indiana State (2011-12) before joining the Ravens.
