Niyo: Staff continuity keeps Michigan clicking through uncertainty

The silver linings are harder to find in college football these days, considering how cloudy the immediate future is for the sport in the middle of a pandemic.

But sitting in front of a computer screen in the spare bedroom of his offseason home on Cape Cod, Don Brown, Michigan’s defensive coordinator, was happy to talk about the ones he has found, nonetheless.

There’s the new reality of the recruiting game, where despite a moratorium on in-person visits the last two months, Brown and other UM coaches have found different avenues to connect with prospects. And in many cases, he says, “I think we know the guys a lot better than we knew them in a normal scenario.”

Defensive coordinator Don Brown,…