Michigan football won't completely overhaul offense under new OC

Ann Arbor – New Michigan offensive coordinator Jason Beck is not suggesting the Wolverines' offense needs to be completely overhauled, but his plan is that it will definitely look different this fall. Beck is Michigan’s third offensive coordinator in three years, but his hiring was part of the transition to a new staff under first-year Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham, who spent the last 21 seasons at Utah. Beck is tasked with developing second-year quarterback Bryce Underwood, establishing a strong offensive line and resuscitating a receiver room that, outside of Andrew Marsh, needed work last year.

The running backs are expected to be a strength, and the tight ends will very much factor into what Beck installs. “It is quite a bit different,” Beck said Tuesday referring to his offense. “We're different than a lot of people.

So yeah, there's some things (from last season) that are similar to things we did from last year, but most of it's new and most of it's different. " There are a few things Michigan did last season that Beck said he is using this year, because the players executed them well and they worked. “And just kind of try to keep building on where they were at,” Beck said at a spring practice news conference.

“So one example of that, like super generic, is they were pretty good outside zone team. "So it's like, ‘All right, let's pick up. ’ We ran outside zone two, but let's pick up on some of the ways they were running outside zone and just build on the good things they had going.