Michigan continues its trek through spring ball.

And today we're going to get a chance to talk to fifth year senior in Michigan secondary Brad Hawkins.

We'll talk to him about the addition of the coaching staff and Mike McDonald, what he means to Brad Hawkins.

Also, what this journey has been like over the past 12 months, over the past four years.

For Brad Hawkins, we'll get to all of that here on In the Trenches.

Let's go In the Trenches with John Jansen.

The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports Hall of Famer will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches.

These are NFL guys, you know, different experiences that they have had, you know,

with NFL guys and being in the league. You know, we're learning NFL concepts. We're learning

NFL defense. So it's definitely, you know, something that's very, you know, a little challenging,

but, you know, also good for us. Once again, here's John Jansen.

Welcome back, friends, and we will get a chance to talk to Brad Hawkins in just a minute.

A great conversation I was able to have with him.

As Michigan continues, its journey through the offseason to work on improvement, to work on strengthening both sides of the football.

But we'll get a chance to talk to Brad Hawkins about the secondary as well as the defensive side of things in just a few minutes,

but tough week in Wolverine Nation because Michigan basketball lost on Tuesday night to UCLA

and the guy that was, I don't want to say front and center because

I know you weren't actually in Indianapolis, but had a chance to call all the games, has great

insight. If you want to hear anything more about Michigan basketball throughout the course

of this season, go to the Defend the Block podcast. You can find it exactly where you found

the In the Trenches podcast. But Brian Bush, the play-by-play voice for Michigan basketball.

Tough night on Tuesday night.

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