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And we are very confident in our ability to lay out a vision and a plan that we believe our student-athletes are going to want to be a part of and ultimately retain those gentlemen in the portal and get them back on our roster.” “We are constantly every day recruiting our roster. We’ve already reached out to a number of those guys. Ultimately, there was a transition that took place, so you understand the process of some of the kids entering the portal. “I think it’s at the forefront of everything in collegiate athletics and academics. “Retention is at the forefront of college football right now,” Linguist said. Recruiting will be a key component of Linguist's tenure at Buffalo - starting with players on the current roster and prospective assistant coaches. Before he left Michigan, he helped land commitments from five-star cornerback Will Johnson (Grosse Point South) and four-star defensive back Kody Jones he had also reportedly placed the Wolverines in contention for numerous other defensive backs.ĪNALYSIS: How Michigan's new recruiting mentality can help close gap with Ohio State It appeared Linguist was on his way to restocking the cupboard. Perhaps more importantly, he was asked to replenish the room with talent after the Wolverines signed only one cornerback in the 2021 recruiting class in three-star prospect Ja'Den McBurrows. In his time at Michigan, Linguist was tasked with rebuilding a secondary that struggled in pass coverage in 2020. “I have a lot of familiarity with the University at Buffalo, a lot of great memories that we want to bring back for life and continue to build on.” “I would still be at Michigan if it weren’t for this incredible opportunity here,” Linguist said. While Linguist was in New York for just two years, it was clearly a memorable moment in his fast rise as a coach. His job with the Bulls was his first in the FBS, as Linguist had previously coached at Valdosta State, which plays in Division II, and James Madison, which plays in the FCS.

Linguist arrived in Ann Arbor this offseason from the NFL, where he was a defensive backs coach for the Dallas Cowboys in 2020. Per the terms of that contract, Linguist does not owe money to Michigan, as the deal said there would be no buyout if Linguist accepted a head coaching job or a coordinator job outside of the Big Ten East.

He's most proud on the sports front, however, of earning Dayton Invitational Basketball Tournament MVP honors in 1988.īrent met his wife, KBTX-TV news anchor Crystal Galny, in the Dixie Chicken before an A&M-Texas Tech football game in 2002, and the couple has three children: Will, Zoe and Brady.He signed a two-year deal scheduled to make him the program's third-highest earning assistant coach by paying him $680,000 in Year 1 and $690,000 in Year 2. He netted a national APSE second-place finish for breaking the Dennis Franchione "secret newsletter" scandal in 2007, and his coverage of Texas A&M's move to the SEC from the Big 12 also netted a third-place finish nationally in 2012. He's a five-time winner of APSE National Top 10 writing awards for the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, including in 2021 breaking the bombshell college football story of the decade: Texas and Oklahoma secretly planning a move to the SEC. He is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and Sam Houston State University, where he played baseball.īrent is the author of four published books about Texas A&M, three related to A&M athletics.

Brent Zwerneman is a staff writer for the Houston Chronicle covering Texas A&M athletics.