Well, that didn’t take very long. Sherrone Moore indicated that he intended to move quickly when filling out his staff moving forward, and he took a big step in that direction today by elevating quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell to offensive coordinator.
Although no official announcement from Moore or the University has come as of this writing, this is a move that has been expected for a little while now. Campbell spent two years as part of Harbaugh’s staff after spending the 2020 and 2021 seasons as the quarterbacks coach at Old Dominion.
Here’s more on Campbell’s coaching history, courtesy of MGoBlue.com:
Campbell joined the Michigan staff after spending the 2020 and 2021 seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Old Dominion University.
In 2021, Campbell helped the Monarchs average 28.5 points per game and 385.4 yards per contest. ODU finished the regular season by winning its final five games, and the offense averaged 36 points per game during that stretch. Old Dominion averaged 12 more points and 112 more offensive yards per game after Campbell’s arrival.
Prior to his time at Old Dominion, Campbell was an offensive analyst at Penn State for three seasons (2017-19). He worked with the quarterbacks, scouted future opponents, and helped with game planning. During that three-year stretch, the Nittany Lions averaged 36.8 points per game and all three seasons ranked among the 10 best in points and yards in Penn State history.
Campbell helped the Nittany Lions win 31 games during that stretch and participate in two New Year’s Six bowl games. He served as Penn State’s interim QB coach in the team’s 2019 Goodyear Cotton Bowl victory over Memphis, his final game with the program.
He was the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Alderson Broaddus (W.Va.) for five seasons (2012-16), during which the offense averaged 34.7 points per game. In 2016, the university’s fourth season of football, he helped lead the startup program to a 9-2 record and won the GMAC Championship. Alderson Broaddus produced three All-Americans and 13 all-conference performers that same season.
Campbell spent five months as the school’s head football coach before making the move to Penn State prior to the 2017 season.
He was the wide receivers and tight ends coach at Tiffin University (Ohio) in 2011. Campbell started his coaching career as a graduate assistant coaching the wide receivers and tight ends at West Virginia Wesleyan during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
