Dan Ferrigno is in his third season with the Wolverines as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach. Ferrigno, who joined the U-M staff in 2011, has 34 years of collegiate coaching experience including 21 seasons in the Pac-10 Conference and two with Brady Hoke at San Diego State.
Ferrigno also oversaw the special teams units at San Diego State, Southern California, California and Oregon State. He served as tight ends coach at San Diego State, California, Pacific and San Francisco State.
Kicker Brendan Gibbons has excelled in two seasons under Ferrigno. He converted a combined 29-of-35 field goals in 2011-12, including game-winners against Virginia Tech in the 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl and Michigan State in 2012. Gibbons also has connected on 99-of-100 point-after attempts over the two-year span. Meanwhile, punter Will Hagerup earned Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year honors in 2012 after leading the conference and setting a school mark with a 45.0 punting average.
Under Ferrigno, tight end Devin Funchess earned Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America honors in 2012 after catching 15 passes for 234 yards and a team-leading five touchdowns.
In 2011, tight end Kevin Koger set career marks with 23 receptions for 244 yards and four touchdowns. His 23 receptions ranked third on the team, while his four touchdown catches tied for the team lead.
As the wide receivers coach at California (2006-07), Ferrigno helped the Bears post a 10-3 record in 2006 en route to winning the Holiday Bowl and a No. 14 final ranking in the AP poll. Thanks in part to wide receiver DeSean Jackson's Pac-10-best nine touchdowns in 2006, California's 280 points in conference play marked the second-highest total in school history.
From 2001-05, Ferrigno helped lead Oregon to four bowl games, aided by 23 100-yard receiving performances. He helped develop Keenan Howry into Oregon's first All-Pac-10 first-team wide receiver in 16 seasons, as well as Oregon's all-time leading receiver, Samie Parker.
Ferrigno was tight end Tony Gonzalez's position coach at California. A first-team all-Pac-10 selection and NFL All-Pro, Gonzalez was the 13th overall pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1997 draft.
Ferrigno and his wife, Shawna, have three daughters and three sons.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Years
Team
Position
2011-present
Michigan
Tight Ends, Special Teams
2009-10
San Diego State
Tight Ends, Special Teams
2008
St. Mary's High School
Head Coach
2006-07
California
Wide Receivers
2001-05
Oregon
Wide Receivers
2000
USC
Wide Receivers, Special Teams
1999
California
Wide Receivers, Special Teams
1996-98
California
Wide Receivers, Special Teams, Tight Ends
1987-95
Oregon State
Running Backs, Defensive Backs, Linebackers, Special Teams
1982-86
Western Michigan
Off. Coordinator, quarterbacks, running backs, offensive line
1980-81
California
Graduate Assistant
1979
Pacific
Wide Receivers, Tight Ends
1978
San Francisco State
Wide Receivers, Tight Ends
1975-77
St. Ignatius HS
Assistant Coach
ABOUT COACH FERRIGNO Age / 60 Date of Birth / March 24, 1953 Hometown / San Francisco, Calif. High School / Archbishop Riordan College / San Francisco State (1978) Family / Wife Shawna; sons Brendan, Michael Conn, Kevin Conn; daughters Meagan, Hannah, Sophia College Bowl Experience (10) / Michigan: 2012 Outback Bowl, 2012 Sugar Bowl; San Diego State: 2010 Poinsettia Bowl; California: 2007 Armed Forces Bowl, 2006 Holiday Bowl; Oregon: 2005 Holiday Bowl, 2004 Sun Bowl, 2002 Seattle Bowl, 2001 Fiesta Bowl; California: 1995 Aloha Bowl All-Americans / 1996: Tony Gonzalez, TE (1st) All-Conference Players / 2010: Brian Stahovich (All-MWC first team), Abel Perez (All-MWC second team), Gavin Escobar (All-MWC second team) ... 2006, 2007: DeSean Jackson (All-Pac-10 first team), Lavelle Hawkins (All-Pac-10 second team), Robert Jackson (All-Pac-10 second team) ... 2005: Sammie Parker (All-Pac-10) ... 2003: Keenan Howry (All-Pac-10 first team) ... 1987: Pat Chaffey (All-Pac-10 first team); Tony Gonzalez (All-Pac-10 first team)
