Ann Arbor — Mike Hart, Michigan’s running backs coach/run-game coordinator, has been participating in game planning this week via Zoom from his home.
Hart collapsed late in the first quarter of the Wolverines’ game at Indiana last Saturday and was hospitalized in Bloomington, Ind., overnight. He was released Sunday and returned to Ann Arbor with his family. It is unclear what caused Hart’s “health emergency,” as described by Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, and Hart on Monday issued a statement saying he was improving and is looking forward to rejoining the team soon.
Harbaugh said Monday that Michigan obtained a waiver from the NCAA so that Fred Jackson, the longtime Michigan running backs coach who was last on staff in 2014, but this year has been an offensive analyst, can fill in during Hart’s absence.