The coaching profession is an interesting one, and for former Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees, it’s been a roller coaster ride.
After going undrafted following a solid Irish career, he quickly moved over to the coaching side, starting as a graduate assistant for Northwestern in 2015. The next season Rees would go off to the NFL, as an offensive assistant for the San Diego Chargers. He’d then make his way to South Bend, as the quarterbacks coach starting in 2017, then getting elevated as the offensive coordinator in 2020.
Rees would then make the shocking move to Alabama in 2023, as he’d spend a season there before returning to the NFL and the Cleveland Browns. After starting as the pass game specialist and tight ends coach, he was elevated to the offensive coordinator earlier this year after the firing of Ken Dorsey.
Now Rees could make a return to the college game, as Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com is reporting that Michigan is interested in him as its new head coach after firing Sherrone Moore earlier this week.
The report also states that Rees talked to Penn State prior to them hiring Matt Campbell as well. The Browns would rather keep him around, but it’s looking like he will have more than a few more opportunities to lead a team or program in the near future.
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Reporting by Michael Chen , Fighting Irish Wire / Fighting Irish Wire
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