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Just In: Former Michigan football coach has been fired of head coaching duties

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Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press via Imagn Content Services, LLC

After nearly three seasons as the UMass head coach, Don Brown has been fired, per Adam Rittenberg with ESPN. Brown was 6-28 during his second stint with the Minutemen and after a tough loss to Liberty on Saturday, UMass decided to move in a different direction.

Brown was also the head coach at UMass from 2004-2008 before becoming an assistant coach at Maryland.

Brown was the defensive coordinator at Michigan from 2016-2020 before Jim Harbaugh moved on from Brown. In 2021, Arizona hired him as the defensive coordinator and after one season, Brown was back at UMass.

Brown had a top-10 defense at Michigan until the dreadful 2020 season. The Wolverines struggled to stop the top-tier teams under Brown, however. With Brown leading the way, Michigan couldn't beat rival Ohio State until Harbaugh moved on to Mike Macdonald in 2021.

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Trent began writing and covering Michigan athletics back in 2020. He became a credentialed member of the media in 2021. Trent began writing with Sports Illustrated in 2023 and became the Managing Editor for Michigan Wolverines On SI during the 2025 football season. Trent also serves as the Publisher of Baylor Bears on SI. His other bylines have appeared on Maryland on SI, Wisconsin on SI, and across the USA TODAY Sports network. Trent’s love of sports and being able to tell stories to fans is what made him get into writing.

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