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FOXBOROUGH, MA - SEPTEMBER 1: New England Patriots Director of Football/Head Coach Administration Berj Najarian, left, stands with head coach Bill Belichick during New England Patriots practice at the Gillette Stadium practice facility in Foxborough, MA on Sep. 1, 2015. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images
Kyle Whittingham has made another addition to his Michigan Wolverines football staff, as the team is bringing in Berj Najarian to be the new assistant general manager/strategy, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Najarian served as the director of football for the New England Patriots under Bill Belichick for 24 years.
After leaving the Patriots, Najarian had a brief stint at Boston College, as he was the chief of staff for one year. Now, he is coming to Michigan to help navigate the program through a new era of college sports that relies heavily on NIL.
In this new era of college sports, many programs have started to hire general managers to assist with a lot of the tedious new tasks that take up a lot of time for coaches. Having a GM takes a lot of weight off the head coaches’ shoulders and allows them to focus more on coaching the team. It takes time to adjust to a new era like this, and programs are now essentially putting together entire front offices, as professional teams do. It is needed.
Michigan has a new GM this year, as Dave Peloquin was brought in to replace Sean Magee. The assistant GM role that Najarian is stepping into did not previously exist at Michigan.
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