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In his first press conference of the 2024 season, Michigan linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary talked about his return to Ann Arbor, his hopes for the Wolverines’ defense, and a lot more.

After three seasons in Tennessee, Jean-Mary, who served as the Wolverines’ coach in 2020, returned to the maize and blue. In addition to his 23 years of coaching expertise, he is well-known for being an outstanding recruiter. His mission is to improve the U-M linebacker room, which lost two studs to the NFL. Jean-Mary stated the following on Monday:

I told the guys even after I left that, due to COVID and the way things transpired, I felt that the 2020 season was a gap in my coaching career. Thus, while moving to enroll in another school, I continued to have some attachment to the University of Michigan and remained an admirer from a distance. And no one was happier than my family and I when we saw the accomplishment they achieved. Coach Moore called me when the chance presented itself, and I believed that it was too excellent to miss. Because even though the year wasn’t really successful, as I mentioned, there was a lot of attachment and wonderful things that occurred here.

It’s gone well. The problem before we even began to practice was that we lost two big-time linebackers, Michael Barrett and Junior Colson, two of the best linebackers to come out of Michigan in the last 20 years. I mentioned that I was observing these two guys intently since I knew them personally, even if I was only an admirer from a distance. They, in my opinion, performed at the highest level among all the linebacker groups in the nation. We therefore understand that the bar was high, and that presented a hurdle. The boys seem to be attempting to reach that level, in my opinion. Of course, we haven’t arrived yet.