In the Trenches 571 - Kerry Coombs
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
During this week's "Seven from 77," Jon provides an update on Michigan's offseason conditioning program, reacts to the return of the 12-team CFP model for 2026, breaks down the Super Bowl matchup between Seattle and New England, and shares his thoughts on the Wolverines' 2026 schedule. Then, around the 30-minute mark, new Special Teams Coordinator Kerry Coombs discusses the unique start to his time with the program, his 42-year coaching journey, and his work leading up to spring ball.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, there's always a lot to talk about with Michigan football, and we do have the |
| 0:05.5 | 2026 football schedule. |
| 0:07.9 | What's going on in and around the building? |
| 0:09.8 | I'll give you my insight to that. |
| 0:11.6 | And our guest today's special team coordinator, Carrie Combs, all of that next on In |
| 0:16.6 | the Trenches. |
| 0:17.5 | Welcome to the official podcast of Michigan football. |
| 0:26.1 | In the Trenches with John Jansen, presented by Meyer, presenting sponsor of the 2025 Michigan football season and proud supporter of hundreds of local sports teams across |
| 0:31.0 | the Midwest. |
| 0:32.0 | The former two-time captain and national champion covers the Wolverines better than anyone. |
| 0:36.8 | My philosophy has always been that the schemes need to be simple |
| 0:40.2 | and you need to rely on fundamentals, technique, and effort. |
| 0:43.1 | And that's what we did and made it very simple for the bowl game. |
| 0:46.7 | And the kids kind of latched onto it and played so hard. |
| 0:50.6 | They practiced hard. |
| 0:52.2 | They embraced it. |
| 0:53.4 | This is In the Trenches trenches presented by Meyer. Once again, |
| 0:57.8 | here's John Jansen. Hey, welcome back, friends, and we're excited to continue this offseason run. |
| 1:04.5 | A lot of happenings going on here at Michigan football. Starting to quiet down just a little |
| 1:09.8 | bit as the coaching staff is solidified, |
| 1:11.8 | the players, the transfer portal, all of that stuff is it's at least closed. You can't enter |
| 1:15.6 | it anymore, but they can still start, keep picking some pieces off. But we are looking |
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