Michigan players say special teams coordinator Kerry Coombs’ daily energy motivates the team. Tight end Eli Owens has played 26 special-teams snaps in three games; captain Trey Pierce, with seven such snaps, says Coombs’ locker-room presence gets him fired up.
Owens said Coombs encouraged him to work his way up while he was on the scout team. He praised the coach for correcting players directly and then helping them understand what to do next.
The article describes Michigan’s special-teams unit as a work in progress, while saying it is much better than it was over the previous two years.
