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Brady Hoke announced Wednesday that Al Borges will not be back as Michigan's offensive coordinator in 2014.

(Melanie Maxwell | MLive.com)

ANN ARBOR -- The Al Borges era has ended.

Michigan announced Wednesday that Borges will not be a member of the coaching staff in 2014, ending his three-year run as the program's offensive coordinator.

Borges, who came with Hoke from San Diego State to Michigan in 2011, guided an offense that finished No. 87 in the country in 2013.

"Decisions like these are never easy," Hoke said in a statement. "I have a great amount of respect for Al as a football coach and, more importantly, as a person.

"I appreciate everything he has done for Michigan Football for the past three seasons."

The move to fire Borges comes a little more than a month after Hoke publicly told reporters in Detroit that he expected his entire coaching staff to be retained for the 2014 season.

That, however, won't be the case.

After exploding for more than 600 yards against Ohio State in the regular-season finale, Borges' offense returned to familiar 2013 air in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl against Kansas State.

In Borges' finale, with freshman quarterback Shane Morris subbing for an injured Devin Gardner, the Wolverines mustered just 261 yards of offense in a 31-14 loss.

The worse Michigan's offense looked this season, the louder fan cries aimed at Borges seemed to be. Still, the long-time offensive coordinator -- who has now been an offensive coordinator at nine different schools -- held strong.

"We win games and people still complain, that's the nature of the job," Borges said at the time. "That's why they pay us and that's why we do what we do. We have to be beyond all that, we have to be stronger than all that.

"I've done this a long time, I promise you, other places I've been my first name's been a cuss word. ... This isn't the first place where it's been like that."

Borges, a pro-style offensive coach, came to Michigan with Hoke in 2011 and inherited a pair of spread-option quarterbacks in Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner.

Borges altered his offense in 2011 to cater to Robinson's strengths, and the Wolverines found strong results -- posting 404.7 yards per game and 33.3 points per game on their way to an 11-2 season and a Sugar Bowl win.

After that season, Michigan gave Borges a three-year deal that paid him $650,000 annually. Michigan fired Borges with one year remaining, meaning his buyout will cost the school $650,000

Those numbers took a dip the following season, a year that saw Robinson get hurt and Gardner emerge as the starter. Michigan's offense struggled to run the football and struggled with turnovers, finishing the year at 383.1 yards per game, with 29.8 points per game.

The 2013 season, however, was the low mark for Borges, who was set to finally implement his full offense with Gardner under center.

It had its moments -- the Ohio State game, the 41 points against Notre Dame and the school-record 751 yards put up against Indiana.

But not enough.

Michigan rushed for less than 130 yards per game this season, the third-worst showing by the program since the 1960s. The Wolverines were tackled behind the line of scrimmage 114 times.

On five separate occasions this season, Michigan was held below 300 yards. Twice Michigan finished a game with a negative rushing total.

Over a four-game stretch leading up to the Ohio State, Borges' offense averaged just 241 yards and 15 points per game -- and that included a three-overtime game against Northwestern.

For the season, Michigan averaged 373.5 yards per game and scored 32.2 points per game in a 7-6 season.

There is no known timetable with regard to finding Borges' replacement.

National Signing Day takes place on Feb. 5. Michigan is set to open spring practice on Feb. 25.

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