The offseason Big Ten coaching carousel is finally finished, we hope. Spring football practices haven't begun, but evaluations can still be made about what some the new staffs look like. In this roundtable, our Big Ten writers discuss which assistant coach hire has the most potential.
Brian Bennett: Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown
What do you do when you lose a standout defensive coordinator like D.J. Durkin? If you’re Jim Harbaugh, you go out and hire the guy who just led the No. 1 statistical defense in the FBS last year. Brown isn’t a young hotshot; he’s 60 and has spent his entire career in the Northeast.