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