ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Before Michigan even suited up for its first game last weekend, head coach Sherrone Moore made a late add to his extended coaching staff.
Veteran assistant Jayden Everett was brought on as an offensive analyst charged with helping Wolverines running backs coach Tony Alford, a move confirmed by Alford on Wednesday. He started his new job on Aug. 25 and recently acknowledged the move on social media.
Everett, who spent last season on the Vanderbilt staff, has extensive experience coaching running backs at the college level. Before his one season in Nashville, he coached two seasons at Tulsa (2021-22), two seasons at Akron (2019-20), two seasons at Central Michigan (2017-18) and four seasons at Indiana State (2013-16).
A Newton, Kansas, native, Everett “goes back to (his) high school days” with Moore (a Derby, Kansas, native) and has known Alford for more than a decade.
“He definitely brings value.”
Everett has helped mentor a series of productive running backs at the college level, including Shakir Bell at Indiana State (4,214 career rushing yards), Jonathan Ward at CMU (1,019 rushing yards, 17 TDs in 2017), first-team all-MAC running back Teon Dollard at Akron, 1,000-yard rusher Shamari Brooks at Tulsa and SEC all-freshman back Sedrick Alexander at Vanderbilt.
He also helped recruit MAC freshman of the year Lew Nichols III to CMU.
Everett, a former linebacker at Indiana State, joins a long list of analysts on the Michigan staff with expanded coaching roles under a new NCAA rule. He’ll work alongside Alford, a veteran running backs coach with more than 30 years of experience, and 74-year-old analyst Fred Jackson.
“You look at our room, I think collectively between Fred, myself and now Jayden, I think there’s something like 85-90 years of coaching experience in that room,” Alford said. “There’s a plethora of knowledge for our players to draw from. There’s going to be very few things that haven’t been seen or done with that amount of experience on the staff.”
