Michigan football announces new hires for its staff
Michigan football announces new hires for its operations and recruiting staff, including former Giants executive Chris Pettit.
The back of house in Ann Arbor is starting to get set, and Michigan football has announced a bevy of hires to roles behind the scenes. While the 10-man coaching staff has long been set -- finalized with the addition of defensive line coach Larry Black after Lou Esposito went to the Baltimore Ravens -- most of the operations and recruiting staff had also been set, but not formally announced. But even as recently as this past weekend has seen some new and familiar faces join the fray.
On Tuesday, the Wolverines announced several holdovers from the previous staff in new roles, including former wide receivers coach Ron Bellamy as the new senior director of recruiting relations (essentially the director of player personnel role), Richard Perry and John Collins as the assistant directors of player personnel, and Tyler Markray and Lexi Hughes as the assistant directors of recruiting. Additionally, former USC on-campus recruiting staffer Skylar Phan has officially been announced as the new director of recruiting. Happy to have Ron Bellamy, Richard Perry, John Collins, Skylar Phan, Tyler Markray, and Lexi Hughes with the program on our recruiting staff!
pic. twitter. com/rGRd2zEmRv ā Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) March 24, 2026 Additionally, Michigan announced on Tuesday that it has hired Chris Pettit, long with the New York Giants organization, as the assistant general manager, working with Dave Peloquin.
Happy to have Chris Pettit with the program as our Assistant General Manager! pic. twitter.