Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

One of the greatest players in Michigan football history is returning to Ann Arbor. Mike Hart has left Bloomington and the Indiana Hoosiers after a four-year stint as the running backs coach for Tom Allen’s program. He will have the same position at Michigan and look to help jumpstart a rushing attack previously led by Jim Harbaugh’s son, Jay Harbaugh.

In his time in Bloomington, Hart recruited and helped develop Stevie Scott, a young man that grew up very close to where Hart is from in upstate New York. Under Mike Hart’s guidance, Stevie Scott became an All-Big Ten running back. He also helped recruit current IU backs Tim Baldwin and Sampson James and was a helpful recruiter for players playing other positions. The loss of Hart as a running backs coach will be fairly easy to replace as one can make a valid argument that Stevie Scott has not really “developed” all that much since his record-breaking freshman campaign. He arrived a very good player and he will leave a very good player. The loss of Mike Hart as a recruiter appears from the outside to be far more difficult to replace. Having a former NFL running back that put up gaudy numbers at the University of Michigan as a recruiter for your program is an asset that Tom Allen will need to do without as IU moves forward.

The Indiana Hoosiers must now hire a new running backs coach in addition to bringing in a replacement at defensive coordinator for Kane Wommack. Hoosier Huddle will have more on those searches as news develops.

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