Hoke Getting Wolverines Fired Up For The Wrong (Or right) Team!

Coming Soon: Losing to another small school

Watch out Athens, Brady Hoke and that School Up North are setting up for a big rivalry with you!

On January 13, 2011 Hoke was hired as the successor to Rich Rodriguez as the University of Michigan football coach. During his first press conference as head coach, he let it be known that the rivalry with Ohio was important to him, and it was going to be important to his players.

Hoke grew up in Kettering, OH, the same hometown which gave us great Buckeye Linebacker and current Green Bay Packer AJ Hawk. John Hoke, Brady's father, played football at the University of Miami (OH) under Woody Hayes and with Bo Schembechler. After high school, Brady attended Ball State University and was a 4 year letter winner in football and served as a captain his senior year (1980).

With the history of Hayes in his background and growing up in Ohio, you would think he would be an Ohio State man. Instead he is now and seems has always been...a Michigan man.