The makeover of the Michigan soccer program continued Wednesday when the Wolverines’ director of recruiting Matt Dudek resigned, based on a supply. A number of retailers reported Dudek will be a part of Mississippi State in the same position.

Dudek’s transfer to the SEC comes following Jim Harbaugh’s teaching employees overhaul earlier this offseason. Six new assistants — all below the age of 40 — had been employed after Harbaugh signed a contract extension in January.

Dudek labored at Michigan since July 2017 after a stint at Arizona, the place he served below former Michigan coach Wealthy Rodriguez and held a number of titles, most notably director of participant personnel.

At Michigan, Dudek helped reel in signing lessons ranked as excessive as eighth within the nation and as little as No. 22.

Lately, the group’s depth has diminished as a result of wave of gamers transferring out of Ann Arbor. Ten scholarship members of the group have left this system because the begin of 2021. Defensive lineman Phillip Paea was the most recent to take action Wednesday, as he entered the NCAA switch portal 4 days after spring apply concluded final weekend.

The defections have damage the Wolverines, who final yr fell to No. 17 in 247Sports’ group expertise composite; its lowest rating in Harbaugh’s tenure. Harbaugh’s current employees strikes had been geared toward addressing the shortcomings in recruiting and participant retention. His subsequent rent — the alternative for Dudek — might be centered on that space as effectively.

Workers author Orion Sang contributed to this report.

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