Jesse Minter Reveals 2 Biggest Reasons Behind Leaving Michigan for Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers

The defensive coordinator turned heel for Michigan finally reveals his true reasons for leaving the men in blue and maize. Jim Harbaugh, the former HC for the Wolverines, decided to hang his cape and exit the world of college football. But little did the Michigan fans know that his exit would also mean structural damage to the staff at Ann Arbour.

Jim Harbaugh left the Michigan Wolverines after 9 seasons to take up the head coach job with the LA Chargers. After conquering the natty at the college level, it seemed like the logical next step to pursue a dream of winning the Super Bowl. However, his decision to depart came with a consequence that eventually turned into the ‘Harbaugh fever’. This fever swept over Michigan and took some of the dear coaches like Ben Herbert and Jesse Minter along with him to join Harbaugh with the LA Chargers. And now in a recent statement, Minter talks about the 2 main reasons behind his departure as fans peer closely.

Jesse Minter gives 2 reasons to justify his departure from the Michigan Wolverines

In the latest interview released by the official handle of the Los Angeles Chargers, Jesse Minter sat down with Hayley Elwood to discuss his newest position as the defensive coordinator for the Chargers. The interview began with a direct question about his decision to leave Michigan, and Minter had no problem listing down his two primary reasons.

Minter said, “Number one is Jim Harbaugh and then it’s the opportunity that the Chargers have given me. The Spanos family, Joe Ortiz, Coach, just tremendously blessed to be here. Great opportunity for my family and I. Certainly have always had dreams of doing this at this level and so this was the best opportunity to get a chance to continue to work with people that I know and trust and feel comfortable with and look forward to doing it here.” Thus, it is evident that Harbaugh’s influence was the primary reason for his decision to leave Michigan. Moreover, Minter went on to talk about how he plans to build a partnership with Harbaugh for the upcoming season and hopefully, scale the Chargers to new heights.

Minter talks about how the partnership between him and Jim Harbaugh is going to function

The relationship that Jim Harbaugh and Jesse Minter share is exceptional. Minter joined the program at Michigan under Jim Harbaugh and called it quits after 2 years of staying with the team. It is probably because of their relationship that Minter was so quick to leave the Wolverines as soon as Harbaugh secured his HC job with the Chargers. And now that they are set to work together again after dominating the NCAA, here’s how Minter plans to work out their dynamic together.

Minter said, “I know the way he wants to build the team. I know the identity that he’s looking for, I know how I can help that with how we want to play defense. I think when I first went to Michigan, he was really, he was established there so I kind of learned the culture there and learned the identity but now I know going into it, what we want it to look like and to be on the front end of it and be kind of laying that foundation here early. I think it’s going to be really fun.” Minter indeed joined the Michigan team which was already dominated by Jim Harbaugh and thus, this time, their duo will get to build the team from the ground up together which will be really interesting to see.

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