Chris Partridge spent the last three seasons on Lane Kiffin's staff at Ole Miss as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.
When Kiffin was able to land Alabama defensive coordinator Pete Golding as the new defensive coordinator in Oxford there was plenty of speculation about where Chris Partridge may end up.
A report from Matt Zenitz today clears that picture up.
Zenitz tweets that Partridge is expected to join Jim Harbaugh's staff at Michigan as an assistant coach.
Patridge previously spent four season as an assistant for the Wolverines before leaving for the post at Ole Miss, and also spent his first season in Ann Arbor as director of player personnel.
During his time on the field for the Wolverines he served as special teams coordinator and started off coaching the linebackers as well before moving to safeties for his final two seasons.
Harbaugh's defensive staff currently consists of a defensive coordinator and co-defensive coordinator already. Jesse Minter will enter year two this fall as the team's defensive coordinator, and defensive backs coach Steve Clinkscale hols the co-defensive coordinator title while Jay Harbaugh (who has proven to be very versatile in his duties on both sides of the ball) currently handles special teams coordinator duties along with the safeties.
How Harbaugh decides to divvy up the coaching responsibilities on defense with the addition of Partridge remains to be seen.
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