FILE - Tony Alford, Assistant Head Coach for Offense, Running Backs, watches against Michigan in the second half of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 30, 2019. A person with direct knowledge of the move says Michigan is finalizing a deal hire Alford. The person spoke Wednesday, March 13, 2024 to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because contract details and university approval were still being worked out. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)
FILE -Michigan offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore watches an NCAA college football practice, Dec. 30, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif. A person with direct knowledge of the move says Michigan is finalizing a deal hire running backs coach Tony Alford. The person spoke Wednesday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because contract details and university approval were still being worked out. Moore pulled off a bold move in building his first staff after Jim Harbaugh's departure, adding one of Ryan Day's top assistants at Ohio State. Day hired Alford away from Notre Dame in 2015 as running backs and assistant head coach, promoting him to run game coordinator a little more than a year ago. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, file)
FILE - Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, center, reacts on the sideline during the second half of the Cotton Bowl NCAA college football game against Missouri, Dec. 29, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. A person with direct knowledge of the move says Michigan is finalizing a deal hire running backs coach Tony Alford. The person spoke Wednesday, March 13, 2024 to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because contract details and university approval were still being worked out. Wolverines coach Sherrone Moore pulled off a bold move in building his first staff after Jim Harbaugh's departure, adding one of Ryan Day's top assistants at Ohio State. Day hired Alford away from Notre Dame in 2015 as running backs and assistant head coach, promoting him to run game coordinator a little more than a year ago. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)