Jesse Minter, DC under Harbaugh at Michigan, comments on his year at Vandy

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Jesse Minter, DC under Harbaugh at Michigan, comments on his year at Vandy

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“Every situation is its own,” explained Minter, who called plays last season as Vanderbilt’s defensive coordinator. “The system we ran at Vanderbilt was built for Vanderbilt. We had a defensive head coach. We kind of put some stuff together based off both of our paths, both of our histories.”

He’s taken that same approach at Michigan.

“I said, ‘Coach Harbaugh, paint me a picture of what you want the defense to look like, as a head coach,’” Minter recalled. “‘OK, now let’s get our paintbrushes out so we can make it happen.’”

Before he could paint, Minter had to learn. There was little terminology or system carry over from Vanderbilt to Michigan, Minter said. But, the number of defensive structures in the sport are finite. Plus, Minter is well-versed in Harbaugh philosophy from his time in Baltimore.

“There’s carry over in how you play defense and what’s important to play good defense,” Minter said of his transition from Vanderbilt.


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Michigan Daily: With ‘paintbrushes,’ Jesse Minter devising his own defense (by Jared Greenspan)
https://www.michigandaily.com/sports/fo ... n-defense/