Michigan has hired three new coaches to its staff since the 2018 campaign ended, bringing on board offensive coordinator Josh Gattis, defensive line coach Shaun Nua and defensive assistant Anthony Campanile all within the past two months.
We took a closer look at Nua's past statistics in this mid-February article, and have decided to analyze Campanile's history as well.
The charts below diagram the numbers his positional units have posted in each of his college stops, spanning:
• Wide receivers/tight ends coach at Rutgers from 2013-15
• Defensive backs coach at Boston College from 2016-17
• Defensive backs coach/co-defensive coordinator at Boston College in 2018
His three years at Rutgers were the only time in his career he has coached on the offensive side of the ball, leading the Scarlet Knights' tight ends and wide receivers each season.
The numbers they posted as a whole were incredibly similar each year, ranging only between 176 and 194 receiving yards per game.
It should also be noted, however, that Rutgers did not throw the ball much from 2013-15, ranking 53rd nationally in attempts per game in 2013, 104th in 2014 and 102nd in 2015.
On top of that, the completion percentage of the Scarlet Knights' quarterbacks was quite bad in two of those three years (99th nationally in 2013 and 86th in 2014), with 2015 being the lone season in which they completed a respectable amount of their throws (60.2 percent, which was 47th in the country).
Whether the signal-callers themselves or the receiving unit deserves the majority of the blame is obviously up for debate.
Campanile was, however, able to produce a superstar pass-catcher in Leonte Carroo (averaged 926 yards per season from 2014-15) during his time in Piscataway, helping develop him into a third-round NFL draft pick in 2016.
Campanile did a respectable job with Boston College's defensive backs during his first year in Chestnut Hill, but turned them into a borderline elite group the following year of 2017.
Every category on the list above increased in a big way, with BC ranking among the nation's best in arguably the most important category for a defensive backfield — opposing completion percentage, which checked in at eighth in the country.
The unit allowed just 10 passing touchdowns on the year in 2017 (second fewest) and picked off passes at a high rate (18, which was 12th best), something the Michigan secondary has struggled with mightily under head coach Jim Harbaugh (has never ranked higher than 44th).
In addition, Campanile helped three Eagle defensive backs get drafted in the 2017 and 2018 NFL drafts, with John Johnson going to the Rams in third round in '17, Isaac Yiadom also being selected in the third round to the Broncos in '18, and Kamrin Moore going in the sixth round to the Saints in '18.
Campanile added the title of co-defensive coordinator to his resume at Boston College in 2018, but saw the club's pass defense numbers dip mightily.
The interception remained high (fifth nationally), however — in fact, Campanile helped mentor the ACC's interceptions leader in both 2017 and 2018 (Lukas Denis led the way with seven in 2017, while Hamp Cheevers recorded the same number in 2018 to tie with Syacuse's Andre Cisco for the conference lead).
Campanile shared the defensive coordinator duties with Jim Reid last year in Chestnut Hill, but the overall numbers weren't pretty.
BC's 402.8 yards per game ranked 70th in college football, but whether or not the blame should be placed on Reid, Campanile or a lack of talent seems unclear.
Regardless, the new U-M coach obviously won't be tasked with running a large portion of Michigan's defense in 2019, and he has proven to be at his best while working with a single position group.
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