Jack Tuttle leaves Michigan football coaching staff to pursue career in media

Jack Tuttle started one game for Michigan Wolverines football in 2024 — a 21-7 loss at Illinois — and retired from football due to injuries the next week. He remained with the team through the end of the season, before executing his plan to become a coach.

The San Marcos, Calif., native landed as the assistant wide receivers coach at Michigan and held that role through the spring before transitioning again, this time to sports media.

Wide receivers coach Ron Bellamy and senior assistant wide receivers coach Erik ‘Soup’ Campbell will continue to lead the position group in 2025.

This season, the 26-year-old will co-host the ‘In The Pocket’ podcast with Wolverines Wire’s Isaiah Hole on the ‘Locked On Wolverines’ network, as well as pursue other media opportunities.

“Been with the team for the past seven, eight months, coaching [as the] assistant wide receivers coach,” said Tuttle, who played seven years of college football, on the first episode of ‘In The Pocket.’ “It was a blessing to be with the kids. And I got to love them and know them so well, especially the transfers, the freshmen, so it was hard to step away, no doubt about it.

“But I got an opportunity with Fox Sports and some other networks, and broadcasting has always been a big goal of mine, big dream of mine, ever since I was young — and we’re gonna for it, we’re gonna attack it. Super excited to do that and be on this show.”

During his college playing career, Tuttle made stops as a player at Utah (2018), Indiana (2019-22) and Michigan (2023-24). All told, he played in 23 games, completing 59.8 percent of his passes for 1,337 yards and 7 touchdowns against 8 interceptions.

Michigan began fall camp with practice No. 1 Wednesday (July 30), and this is the first time in a long time Tuttle won’t be with a team heading into the football season.

“This is probably the first time in [about] 17 years that I haven’t been in some type of camp in August, and it is weird,” the former Michigan quarterback said. “It’s super weird so far. But it’s been a good change.”

Jack Tuttle explains how tough and important fall camp is

Tuttle described how difficult fall camp is to endure, but how it gives a true representation of who can be trusted on the field for Michigan.

“I would say the most grueling and tough part about fall camp is just the daily schedule,” he noted. “Guys are waking up around 6 a.m. and going until probably about like 9, 9:30 [p.m.]. And then you get back to the hotel and get in bed, and it’s about 10:30, 10:15, and you don’t get very much time to kinda decompress. You really just need to go straight to sleep because you gotta wake up the next morning at 6 a.m. and do it all over again.

“You got walkthroughs, you got practice, you got three-hour long meetings — and it’s for three, four weeks — and it’s just a grind. You’re in a hotel together, you’re seeing the same people every day.

“It gets very repetitive, to say the least. It’s groundhog day, pretty much.

“I’ll tell you this: It’s important because the first week everyone comes out with energy. Everyone comes out, ‘I want to win. I want to be the starter. Want to be the guy.’ But you get into the third week, it’s a Wednesday, it’s 12 o’clock, it’s a hot practice … who’s gonna step up? Who’s gonna be the guy? And that’s what separates people in fall camp and what makes people great, and you’ll see those guys emerge this season, whether it’s week one, week two, week three. Those guys will step up and help this team win.”

Michigan opens the season Aug. 30 against New Mexico, and Tuttle will be watching it from a media perspective.