Michigan Wolverines news: Josh Gattis fired, new QB coach for Michigan football and more

In our latest Michigan Wolverines news roundup, Josh Gattis gets fired, Michigan football has a new QB coach, and more. 

Friday turned out to be an interesting day for Michigan football fans. Not only did the Michigan Wolverines hire a new quarterbacks coach, but a name we all remember, Josh Gattis, resurfaced.

Gattis, who left Michigan football after the 2021 season in which he won the Broyles Award as the top assistant in college football, for the Miami Hurricanes, was fired on Friday.

It was viewed as a big splash hire at the time for Mario Cristobal but the Hurricanes were dreadful and averaged just 367 yards per game and 23 points. You wonder if Gattis will come back to the Big Ten, maybe at Iowa where Cade McNamara and Erick All went.

Either way, for a guy that criticized the Michigan Wolverines and head coach Jim Harbaugh on the way out the door, it doesn’t hurt my feelings at all to see this happen. The guy still made lots of money for the work he did in Miami and he’ll be employed again soon.

Just never again by Michigan football.

Michigan Wolverines have a new QB coach

Soon after Sam Webb reported that Brian Griese and Tee Martin weren’t contacted about the Michigan football QB coach opening, Jim Harbaugh announced the hiring of Kirk Campbell.

Campbell was an offensive analyst the past two seasons under Harbaugh and worked previously with Gattis at Penn State before he was the offensive coordinator at Old Dominion.

Campbell is known as a rising star in the college football coaching business and it was only a matter of time before he landed an on-field coaching job again elsewhere. This was a smart move by Harbaugh and one that should keep the offense moving forward.

Michigan Wolverines notch another top-10 win in Hockey

Friday night was a busy night in Ann Arbor with top-10 matchups in wrestling and hockey. Unfortunately, Ohio State got the best of Michigan on the mat, scoring a 23-15 victory.

However, Mason Parris improved to 20-0 with his 11th pin. He’s ranked No. 1 in the heavyweight class in the NCAA and looked impressive again on Friday.

The Michigan hockey team did notch a win and beat up on sixth-ranked Penn State in the process as the seventh-ranked Michigan Wolverines cruised to a 7-3 win. The Wolverines will host Penn State again tonight at 7 p.m.