Michigan has secured a major victory for its coaching staff this offseason as sources familiar with the situation tells The Michigan Insider that assistant coach Anthony Campanile has turned down offers from other programs to remain in Ann Arbor for at least another season. Campanile's retainment is a victory for head coach Jim Harbaugh as he is able to keep his New Jersey recruiting ties open after losing ace recruiter, Chris Partridge, to Ole Miss shortly after the bowl game.

According to TMI's Sam Webb, Campanile had been going back and forth (VIP article) between a decision to leave or stay in Ann Arbor for quite some time but reported the expectation that he would remain in Ann Arbor. NJ.com also corroborates Campanile's intentions to stay in Ann Arbor with its own report, which states that Campanile has turned down Rutgers in favor of staying with the Wolverines' program. According to the report, Campanile is returning to U-M with an expected pay raise and a change in title.

NJ.com's report has not been confirmed by U-M at the time of this writing but prevalent speculation says that he could become the Wolverines' new safeties coach to replace Partridge, which means the Wolverines will have to fill the linebackers coaching assistant role instead. It is a position that Campanile once coached during his time with Boston College.

According to multiple reports, Campanile had been courted by Boston College and Rutgers to become its defensive coordinator next season. The New Jersey native, and former Rutgers player and assistant coach, turned down an opportunity from new head coach Greg Schiano to return to his alma mater to become the defensive coordinator for the Scarlet Knights. That position went to former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Scarlet Knights assistant Robb Smith. Campanile was an assistant coach with the program from 2012-2015 as a defensive assistant and wide receivers and tight ends coach. Campanile's brother, Nunzio, was retained by Schiano as he served as the interim head coach for the Scarlet Knights after Chris Ash's dismissal in September.

On top of rebuffing his alma mater, Campanile also turned down an offer to become defensive coordinator from new Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley. A former co-defensive coordinator for the Eagles, he spent three seasons (2015-2018) with BC as a defensive backs coach and was then promoted to co-defensive coordinator in 2018. The job went to Cincinnatti Bengals linebackers coach Tem Lukabu, instead. Campanile was responsible for the development of third-round draft pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, safety Will Harris.

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