Michigan Wolverines announced that linebackers coach Chris Partridge had been dismissed effective immediately. Rick Minter will instead step in and serve as the Wolverine’s linebackers coach for Saturday’s matchup with the Terrapins.
The university did not specify whether Partridge’s removal was connected in any way to the ongoing sign-stealing scandal. “Effective today, Chris Partridge has been relieved of his duties as a member of the Michigan Football staff,” Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement on Friday.
Minter was named Michigan’s director of player personnel in 2015. He has since served in various coaching roles, including special teams coach and safeties coach. He was the team’s linebackers coach for three years from 2016-19. He spent the past three seasons as a co-defensive coordinator at Ole Miss.