Michigan is adding another piece to its rebuilt personnel operation, with Eastern Kentucky director of player personnel and recruiting Jax Egan expected to join the Wolverines as an assistant director of personnel, sources told CBS Sports.
The move fits the broader overhaul Kyle Whittingham has been making since arriving in Ann Arbor in late December after the program moved on from Sherrone Moore. Michigan finished 9-4 in 2025 and closed the season with a Citrus Bowl loss to Texas, and Whittingham has spent the months since then reshaping the staff behind the scenes to keep up with the demands of roster management in the modern game.
Egan arrives with a résumé built around both traditional recruiting and the transfer portal. He spent the last two seasons at Eastern Kentucky, joining the Colonels’ staff in October 2024 and taking on full control of the day-to-day recruiting and portal operation.
At the FCS level, that job comes with constant pressure: finding overlooked high school talent, protecting the roster from Power Four programs, and sorting through portal options who can help right away. Egan’s work on Eastern Kentucky’s 2025 and 2026 signing classes drew strong reviews in personnel circles, and he helped the program land key local prospects and proven FBS transfers.
Before that, Egan spent multiple seasons at Kansas, where he began as a full-time scouting and recruiting intern in August 2021. In Lawrence, he worked closely with the Jayhawks’ offensive staff, including former offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki and current coordinator Jeff Grimes. His responsibilities included breaking down film and building scouting boards for high school and transfer targets, handling the logistics and compliance details for recruits on game days, and serving as Kansas’ main contact for transfer portal documentation.
Egan also has NFL experience on his background, having completed a training camp internship with the Kansas City Chiefs in the summer of 2021, where he helped oversee daily field and team operations.
The assistant director of personnel role has become a major one in college football, functioning like a round-the-clock front office while coaches focus on game plans and development. Michigan’s decision to bring in a sitting FCS director gives Whittingham’s staff another experienced evaluator, along with someone familiar with both the Midwest and Big 12 recruiting footprints.
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