Chip Lindsey is Missouri’s newest offensive coordinator and I am extremely skeptical of this hire. To put it nicely. In order to show you why I think this/talk myself into this hire, I’m going to review his resume and offer a break out of how he’s done at each job he’s had previously.
I am not going to go over his stint as the head coach of Troy, however. Why? Couple of reasons:
- He was the head coach, not a sole offensive coordinator
- Mizzou is hiring him as an offensive coordinator, not as a head coach
- He’s the first Troy football coach since 1991 to not have a winning season, nor win at least one conference title; he clearly sucked and there’s no need to dive any deeper than that to prove to you that he sucked at Troy
This is the final entry: last season’s run as Michigan’s offensive coordinator.
Part I – his time at Southern Mississippi
– is right here.
Part II – his time at Arizona State – is right here.
Part III – his time at Auburn – is right here.
Part IV – his time at Central Florida – is right here.
Part V – his time at North Carolina – is right here.
Chip Lindsey at Michigan
Role
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks coach
Offense inherited
- Overall: 94th
- Rushing: 104th
- Passing: 86th
- Standard Downs: 98th
- Passing Downs: 101st
- Efficiency: 102nd
- Explosiveness: 133rd
- Quarterback: Davis Warren (R-JR) – 134/209 (64.1%), 1,199 yards, 7 TDs, 9 INTs/9 rushes, 26 yards, 0 TDs
- Running Back 1: Kalel Mullings (SR) – 185 rushes, 948 yards, 12 TDs/12 targets, 6 catches, 35 yards, 0 TDs
- Running Back 2: Donovan Edwards (SR) – 128 rushes, 589 yards, 4 TDs/22 targets, 18 catches, 83 yards, 1 TD
Year 1 (2025)
- Overall: 53rd (+41 spots)
- Rushing: 14th (+90 spots)
- Passing: 37th (+49 spots)
- Standard Downs: 40th (+58 spots)
- Passing Downs: 43rd (+58 spots)
- Efficiency: 25th (+77 spots)
- Explosiveness: 57th (+76 spots)
- Quarterback: Bryce Underwood (FR) – 179/293 (61.1%), 2,229 yards, 9 TDs, 6 INTs/57 rushes, 412 yards, 5 TDs
- Running Back 1: Jordan Marshall (SO) – 150 rushes, 932 yards, 10 TDs/13 targets, 9 catches, 92 yards, 0 TDs
- Running Back 2: Justice Haynes (JR) – 121 rushes, 857 yards, 10 TDs/16 targets, 13 catches, 50 yards, 0 TDs
It’s hard to describe how bad Michigan’s offense was in 2024. Everything was lightyears worse than it was in the final year of Jim Harbaugh and J.J. McCarthy, and even research done by MGoBlog discovered that it was the largest offensive decline in Michigan football history. The 2024 offense is in the bottom five of Michigan football history in total yardage output, number of scores, fewest points, lowest offensive efficiency, lowest points per drive and yards per play. The fact that they ranked 94th is a miracle.
So credit to Lindsey for coming in and getting them back on track. They weren’t very good, mind you. But the fact that they went from 94th to 53rd is worth a hat tip, at a minimum. Michigan finally returned to a Top 20 running offense in his short stint in Ann Arbor, and even the passing game cracked into the Top 40. Again, this was a typical “great running/high efficiency/middling passing/low explosiveness” offense that Lindsey tends to churn out, but it was a breath of fresh air for a Michigan offense that was absolutely putrid the year before.
What happened at the end of this tenure?
- On December 21st, 2025, Lindsey was hired by Eli Drinkwitz as offensive coordinator, replacing the departed Kirby Moore, current Washington State head coach.
- Michigan Head Coach Sherrone Moore – potentially the horniest online man on the planet – had his infidelities finally come home to roost, and lost his damn mind after getting fired by the school. He is currently in jail.
What’s the take away?
Even as a hater I have to give credit to Lindsey’s ability to rehab a fallen offense and get them back to the profile that they wanted, and he excelled at. They ran the ball, utilized efficiency, and had uncreated passing schemes for a freshman quarterback. All in an effort to put the Michigan defense in a position to win games. It’s what Lindsey has done for most of his career. And what Eli Drinkwitz wants.
This Hater’s takeaway: success
