Breaking:Michigan defensive coordinator is leaving Michigan to join Jim Harbaugh
According to Sam Webb of The Michigan Insider, Jim Harbaugh will have defensive coordinator Jesse Minter from Michigan on the new Los Angeles Chargers staff. According to Webb, Minter met with a number of Wolverine defensive players on Saturday morning to inform them of his decision. When Minter returns to the NFL, he will assume the same role as defensive coordinator with the Chargers, having previously worked as a defensive coach for the Baltimore Ravens.
Harbaugh, who was suspended at the time. Michigan won 30-3.
Minter was suggested as a possible candidate for NFL vacancies — and even as a replacement head coach at Michigan — during the current coaching cycle, but will follow Harbaugh out to the West Coast.
Minter previously signed a contract extension at Michigan in April after the Wolverines ranked fifth nationally in total defense, allowing just 292.1 yards per game during his first season in Ann Arbor. He stamped the end of his second campaign as one of the most-prized assistant coaches in college football.
Prior to joining the Michigan staff in 2022, Minter served as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at
Vanderbilt in 2021 for a single season. He worked as a defensive assistant for the Baltimore Ravens for four years, serving as Jim Harbaugh’s elder brother’s coach.
Before joining the Cincinnati Bearcats as a graduate assistant in 2007, Minter started his coaching career as Charlie Weis’ defensive intern at Notre Dame in 2006. Minter began his career at Indiana State, where he oversaw the linebackers as a position coach from 2009 to 2010. In 2011, he was promoted to defensive coordinator. Minter eventually departed to take a position at Georgia State as defensive coordinator from 2013 to 2015.
