Report: Jesse Minter to Join Michigan as DC After Mike Macdonald's Departure

Jesse Minter is reportedly set to work for a second Harbaugh brother.

According to Pete Thamel and Chris Low of ESPN, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh will hire Minter as the Wolverines' new defensive coordinator. Before Minter became Vanderbilt's defensive coordinator last season, he was on John Harbaugh's staff for the Baltimore Ravens the previous four years.

The role was vacant for Michigan after Mike Macdonald left to join the Ravens following just one season.

The Wolverines still need to replace offensive coordinator and Broyles Award winner Josh Gattis after he left to join the Miami Hurricanes.

While Minter has NFL experience from his time on the Ravens, he is familiar with the college game. His resume includes stops as the defensive coordinator of Georgia State and Indiana State after he was a graduate assistant at Cincinnati.

Minter's Commodores struggled on the defensive side of the ball last season.

Only Rice, Temple, UConn, Arkansas State, Akron, Florida International, Duke, New Mexico State, Kansas and UMass allowed more points per game than the 35.8 Vanderbilt gave up on the way to a 2-10 record.

The Commodores notably lost to East Tennessee State in nonconference play and allowed 62 points to Georgia, 42 points to Florida and 45 points to Tennessee in marquee SEC games.

That stands in stark contrast to a Michigan team that was fourth in the country in points allowed per game on the way to a Big Ten title and College Football Playoff appearance. The Wolverines' strength was their defensive prowess, so Minter will be under pressure to maintain that level of play in a difficult Big Ten East.

That won't be easy with Aidan Hutchinson, David Ojabo, Christopher Hinton and Daxton Hill among the players who are no longer on the roster.

As for Vanderbilt, it will make Nick Howell its new defensive coordinator, per Thamel. He was the school's defensive backs coach prior to this move.