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Gattis won the 2021 Broyles Award, given each year to the top
assistant coach in the nation.
Gattis was hired as the Wolverines' offensive coordinator and
wide receivers coach before the 2019 season. He is the first
Michigan assistant to win the Broyles Award since defensive
coordinator Jim Herrmann was honored in 1997.
Under Gattis' watch, Michigan finished No. 16 in the nation in
scoring offense last season at 35.8 points per game. The
Wolverines won the Big Ten and clinched a bid in the College
Football Playoff.
The reported departure of Gattis will leave Michigan without an
offensive and defensive coordinator. Mike Macdonald left the
Wolverines to take over the defensive coordinator position with
the Baltimore Ravens.
In addition, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh recently
interviewed for the vacancy with the Minnesota Vikings. However,
Minnesota is expected to hire Los Angles Rams offensive
coordinator Kevin O'Connell after the Super Bowl and Harbaugh
said he is done pursuing NFL positions.
"Sure, the Super Bowl is the greatest prize in our sport,"
Harbaugh told the Detroit Free Press. "But winning a national
championship, that's pretty darn great. Let's do that.
"There was a pull to the NFL because I got that close to the
Super Bowl, but this was the time (to try and return). And this
is the last time. Now let's go chase college football's greatest
prize."
--Field Level Media
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