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Michigan football has made a number of additions to its staff in non-coaching roles.
The Wolverines announced the hire for four new hires across its front office including Alayna Williamson as chief of staff, Natalia Hilton as director of football operations, Ben Redell as executive assistant to the head coach/director of logistics and Evan Roka as assistant director of operations.
Michigan is also reportedly hiring Chris Pettit, formerly the director of college scouting for the NFL's New York Giants, as assistant general manager.
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Photo was taken from a helicopter as the band played on the field shortly before kickoff."]https://media.zenfs.com/en/detroit_...es_655/5f735f75143692f3dbe373b57809b0cb[/IMG]
JERRY HANLON: Longtime Michigan football assistant dies at 96
Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reported the Pettit news.
Williamson spent the past two years (2024-25) in the same role under new Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham when he was at Utah. She spent more than a decade at Utah, serving as director of business scholars (2015-24), which included five years as director of undergraduate admissions and scholarships (2020-24).
Hilton was a student equipment manager at Utah for more than two years beginning in 2020, which overlapped with four years as Whittingham's assistant. While working as his assistant, she served as the director of on-campus recruiting. She then left ahead of the 2025 season to become an assistant for the NBA's Utah Jazz and the NHL's Utah Mammoth.
Redell, likewise, comes from Utah. He began as an undergraduate assistant (2021-24) with the Utes, worked in quality control with the offense (2024-25) and then was an operations graduate assistant (2025-26) before he began his position with U-M last month, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Roka, meanwhile, is the only hire with Michigan ties. He was an undergraduate at U-M (2020-23) then, after leaving for Nike, returned soon after as a membership service executive, according to his LinkedIn profile. Roka has been with U-M athletics since 2022, working as a sports nutrition/operations/communications intern, a nutrition operations coordinator and now assistant director of football operations.
Pettit spent nearly two decades with the Giants (2004-22), winning two Super Bowls. He joins GM Dave Peloquin atop the front office. He graduated from Maryland in 2001 and was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2002-03.
Tony Garcia is the Michigan beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan football makes several front office hires
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The Wolverines announced the hire for four new hires across its front office including Alayna Williamson as chief of staff, Natalia Hilton as director of football operations, Ben Redell as executive assistant to the head coach/director of logistics and Evan Roka as assistant director of operations.
Michigan is also reportedly hiring Chris Pettit, formerly the director of college scouting for the NFL's New York Giants, as assistant general manager.
[IMG alt="The Big House, home to the University of Michigan football team had a maize out during their first home game of the 2023 season versus East Carolina on Saturday, September 2, 2023.
Photo was taken from a helicopter as the band played on the field shortly before kickoff."]https://media.zenfs.com/en/detroit_...es_655/5f735f75143692f3dbe373b57809b0cb[/IMG]
JERRY HANLON: Longtime Michigan football assistant dies at 96
Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reported the Pettit news.
Williamson spent the past two years (2024-25) in the same role under new Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham when he was at Utah. She spent more than a decade at Utah, serving as director of business scholars (2015-24), which included five years as director of undergraduate admissions and scholarships (2020-24).
Hilton was a student equipment manager at Utah for more than two years beginning in 2020, which overlapped with four years as Whittingham's assistant. While working as his assistant, she served as the director of on-campus recruiting. She then left ahead of the 2025 season to become an assistant for the NBA's Utah Jazz and the NHL's Utah Mammoth.
Redell, likewise, comes from Utah. He began as an undergraduate assistant (2021-24) with the Utes, worked in quality control with the offense (2024-25) and then was an operations graduate assistant (2025-26) before he began his position with U-M last month, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Roka, meanwhile, is the only hire with Michigan ties. He was an undergraduate at U-M (2020-23) then, after leaving for Nike, returned soon after as a membership service executive, according to his LinkedIn profile. Roka has been with U-M athletics since 2022, working as a sports nutrition/operations/communications intern, a nutrition operations coordinator and now assistant director of football operations.
Pettit spent nearly two decades with the Giants (2004-22), winning two Super Bowls. He joins GM Dave Peloquin atop the front office. He graduated from Maryland in 2001 and was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2002-03.
Tony Garcia is the Michigan beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan football makes several front office hires
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