Jim Herrmann has left his job as linebackers coach and associate head coach with Bowling Green State University for a job with the XFL. He will be the new defensive coordinator under Kevin Gilbride and the XFL New York franchise.

OFFICIAL: Kevin Gilbride has named Jim Herrmann the defensive coordinator of @XFLNY. #XFL2020 pic.twitter.com/KzEofwdQOH

— XFL New York (@XFLNY) May 19, 2019

Prior to Bowling Green State University, he was linebackers coach for the Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants and New York Jets’. He was an assistant football coach at Michigan University from 1985 to 2005, including nine years as defensive coordinator from 1997 to 2005. After the 1997 season in which the Michigan Wolverines won the national championship, Herrmann received the Frank Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in the nation.

Looking Forward to the 2020 XFL season and our partnership with ABC, FOX Sports, @espn ,FS1!!!! pic.twitter.com/3NX6khvJDd

— Coach Jim Herrmann (@Coach_Herrmann) May 19, 2019

He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1982.