CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Desperate to shake things up amid a four-game losing streak, Panthers coach Ron Rivera announced Monday he is taking over defensive playing calling duties
In addition to demoting defensive coordinator Eric Washington, the Panthers also fired defensive line coach Brady Hoke and assistant secondary/cornerbacks coach Jeff Imamura. The moves were announced after Rivera met with owner David Tepper and general manager Marty Hurney on Monday morning.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh was coaching the San Diego Toreros the last time Michigan won a true road game against a ranked team.
Yeah, that was a long time ago.
The 14th-ranked Wolverines have an opportunity to stop their 12-year skid on Saturday night at No. 12 Notre Dame.
"We're a better team than last year and we just can't wait to prove it," Michigan safety Tyree Kinnel said Monday.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Wilton Speight is leaving Michigan as a graduate transfer.
The senior quarterback announced Sunday on Instagram he will take time to figure out where he will continue his career and education.
Speight thanked former coach Brady Hoke for giving him a chance when he had no other scholarship offers. He thanked coach Jim Harbaugh for understanding his decision. Speight was out for two months this season after a hit at Purdue cracked his vertebrae.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee interim coach Brady Hoke isn't worrying about his own future. His focus is on the Volunteers' seniors.
Hoke, who has rejoined the head coaching ranks for at least a couple of weeks, said Monday that his his major concern is making sure those upperclassmen get the best possible finish to a disappointing season.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee began the season in the Top 25 and is ending it with a coaching change.
The Volunteers fired Butch Jones on Saturday as they enter their final two regular-season games searching for their first Southeastern Conference victory, a stunning fall for a team that had won bowl games each of the last three seasons.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is in a much better place than it was the last time Minnesota played at the Big House.
The Golden Gophers beat the Wolverines 30-14 in 2014 and took the Brown Jug back home in what was coach Brady Hoke's fourth and final season.
"The whole year was just awkward and weird," senior linebacker Mike McCray recalled earlier this week. "That game was just one of those awkward things."
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan had momentum going in the wrong direction when Jim Harbaugh came back to the campus where he was a star quarterback.
The Wolverines were 5-7 in 2014, the fourth and final season in which they won fewer games than the previous year under Brady Hoke. They fired Hoke and hired Harbaugh, moves that have been hailed for turning around the program.