ANN ARBOR -- Erik Swenson's high school football coach says the former Michigan commit wasn't told by the program's coaching staff to consider other options until early January.

And even then, there wasn't an indication his scholarship would be pulled -- which is what happened earlier this week, according to the four-star offensive tackle.

Mark Molinari, Swenson's prep coach at Downers Grove South in Illinois, says Michigan offensive line coach Tim Drevno called in early January to tell him that Swenson should take other official visits.

"Coach Drevno called and said 'we're going to encourage Erik to take his five visits,'" Molinari said Friday evening. "I asked him specifically 'Are you pulling his offer?' The answer was 'No, we just want to continue to feel each other out.' I said 'Coach, are you pulling his offer?' and the answer was no.

"He was never told (in the fall) that you're being re-evaluated. We wouldn't have put ourselves in this position (if he was). Erik didn't have any official visits to go on and he hadn't gone any because he hadn't planned on going anywhere but the University of Michigan."

On Friday, The Wolverine -- citing unnamed sources -- reported that Swenson and his family had been notified by Michigan's coaching staff that he should begin looking at other college destinations in November. The website also reported Michigan asked Swenson to attend a camp this summer at U-M for evaluation purposes, but Swenson "refused."

That's not accurate, according to Molinari.

Molinari says Swenson was not asked to attend any Michigan camp this summer and was not given any indication that his scholarship was in jeopardy until early January.

Swenson and Molinari attended the Michigan-Ohio State game Nov. 28. During that trip, Molinari says Swenson had contact with Drevno and was not given "any indication that this wasn't going to work out."

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is prohibited by NCAA rule from publicly commenting on any unsigned prospects. All members of Michigan's football program are also prohibited, by NCAA rule, from publicly commenting on any unsigned prospects.

Reached Friday evening, a Michigan spokesman said the school cannot comment on the issue due to NCAA rules.

"The truth is, Erik's season was completed at the end of October and the beginning of November. If they weren't happy with his play, then they had the opportunity to tell him from November into all of December," Molinari said. "But we never had anything close to a conversation like that until the beginning of January. And even then, we were told they're not pulling his scholarship, but that they wanted him to explore and take all of his visits.

"I'm not saying Erik doesn't have opportunities (now). There are opportunities. But when I called coaches at some of the best schools in the nation that were offering Erik, I said 'coach, we can't believe you're calling, we're all full and we don't have anything.' That's where I'm extremely frustrated right now as the head football coach at our high school."

Swenson committed to Brady Hoke's Michigan staff in 2013. Swenson said Wednesday that Michigan had contacted him earlier this week to give him formal notice that he no longer had a scholarship at the school and that he needed to look elsewhere.

Moving forward, Molinari said that Swenson does have recruiting options he's looking at, but declined to give a specific list at this time.

National signing day is Feb. 3.

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