"Funk spent four seasons as the offensive line coach at Michigan from 2011-14, where his line produced the Big Ten Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year in three of his four seasons in Ann Arbor. Center David Molk won the award in 2011, while offensive tackle Taylor Lewan earned the honor in 2012 and 2013."
So, he may or may not have been given a coached up player in David Molk, he earn 1st Team All Big 10 in 2010 (nothing before that). But it was not until 2011 that he really took his game to the next level: 1st Team All Big 10, Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year, Consensus All-American, and Rimington Trophy winner (Best Center in the Nation).
Taylor Lewan earned all of his awards with Coach Funk: 3 times First-team All-Big Ten (2011–2013), 2 times Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year (2012, 2013), 2 times First-team All-American (2012, 2013), and a Semifinalist for the Lombardi Award (2013).
So, it's not like their player regressed after he became their coach. I think of Coach Weber and BYU's OL after Grimes left the first time.
Ohio St got a new coach in 2012 by the name of Urban Meyer and they went 12-0 in his first year there (they were ineligible for Bowl games). Ohio St became the big dog in the Big 10 from that point on: Michigan records- 2011 11-2, 2012 8-5, 2013 7-6, and 2014 5-7
At Colorado St in 5 years he coach 9 different players that made it to the NFL. One I o remember was Erik Pears who was a MWC Honorable mention the year before Coach Funk and was 1st-team All-MWC (2003, 2004) with him as his coach.Statistics: Posted by E-Zone15 — Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:58 pm
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