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Defensive Coordinator | 11th Season | Alma Mater: Michigan, 1969
Mike Hankwitz enters his 11th season
with the Wildcats and his 30th season
overall as a defensive coordinator. In his
29 years as a defensive coordinator, his
defense has ranked in the top-25 on 14
occassions. As coordinator, his teams
have 38 wins over ranked programs,
including eight over top-five and two
wins over No. 1-ranked teams. He has
amassed 381 wins as a college assistant
coach and coordinator, most recently
guiding a NU defense that was ninth in
the country and set a program record in
rushing defense in 2017.
MIKE HANKWITZ
Associate Head Coach (Defensive Backs) | 13th Season | Alma Mater: DePauw, 1999
After 12 years as an assistant coach
leading three of the top four run-
ning backs in program history, Matt
MacPherson was promoted to associate
head coach (defensive backs) in the
offseason. MacPherson helped guide
all-time leading rusher Justin Jackson
over the last four seasons. A defensive
standout at DePauw, MacPherson was
a defensive graduate assistant for the
'Cats from 2000-02 before serving as the
defensive coordinator at Kenyon in 2003
and safeties coach at Eastern Michigan
under Jeff Genyk from 2004-05.
MATT MACPHERSON
