Tony Alford
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Oct 6, 2026
Brian SmithHOST
But sometimes it just doesn't mesh.
Brian SmithHOST
Like Tony Alford, the running back coach.
Brian SmithHOST
I know he's been at Ohio State.
Brian SmithHOST
He's been at Notre Dame.
Brian SmithHOST
They can't run the ball consistently.
John WilliamsGUEST
You're
Brian SmithHOST
going to tell me all of a sudden Tony Alford's terrible? No.
Brian SmithHOST
You know what I mean? There's disconnect at a lot of schools.
John WilliamsGUEST
Right.
Brian SmithHOST
Tony Alford, the running back coach, I know he's been at Ohio State, he's been at Notre Dame, he's been all, been super successful.
Brian SmithHOST
They can't run the ball consistently.
John WilliamsGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Brian SmithHOST
You gonna tell me all of a sudden Tony Alford's terrible? No.
John WilliamsGUEST
Right.
Brian SmithHOST
He's a li- You know what I mean? There's disconnect at a lot of schools.
Aaron McMannHOST
I don't know who else in Michigan's staff would be qualified to do so.
Aaron McMannHOST
Maybe Tony Alford? There's really no one there.
Aaron McMannHOST
I think the logical move here for the rest of the year is to alter the scheme for the run game and do less of the east-west perimeter stuff and more of the power game with the offensive line that... had done pretty well with it last year, right, with Justice Haynes and Jordan Marshall.
Aaron McMannHOST
They were able to spring some big runs, get things going.
TJ RoninHOST
The s- the running scheme is just trash.
TJ RoninHOST
And it's not on Tony Alford either.
TJ RoninHOST
We know what-
John D'AdamoHOST
I-
TJ RoninHOST
...
TJ RoninHOST
Tony Alford can fucking do.
TJ RoninHOST
Tony Alford can-
John D'AdamoHOST
I will say one-
John JansenHOST
Just to let you know what's going on in MGoBlue Podcast, already out, the radio replay of Inside Michigan Football.
John JansenHOST
My guests every week, I'll have head coach, Kyle Whittingham, uh, running backs coach this week, Tony Alford, and Jordan Marshall, Captain Jordan Marshall.
John JansenHOST
Always love sitting down and talking to him.
John JansenHOST
Defend the Block, which is out already as well.
Kyle WhittinghamGUEST
Appreciate you.
John JansenHOST
We'll be back with Tony Alford, running backs coach, in just a moment.
John JansenHOST
This is Inside Michigan Football from Learfield.
John JansenHOST
Welcome back to Inside Michigan Football.
John JansenHOST
Sitting down now with running backs coach Tony Alford.
John JansenHOST
Coach, before we even talk about the running back position, your nephew, Max Alford.
John JansenHOST
What's it been like for you to watch him play and see him get out there and be productive?
6 MINS LATER
John JansenHOST
Well, when we come back, I do want to ask you about speeding things up as well as slowing things down, which is something that we've talked about, you know, off air.
speaker_1HOST
And, and that's the thing is, like, yes, it was bizarre that Illinois didn't double him or bracket him, you know, leave a safety over top at all times, whatever you wanna refer to.
speaker_1HOST
But much like we kind of derided the, the quote that was from the anonymous running backs coach named Tony Alford, uh, in the off-season talking about, you know, why don't teams just run cover two over top of him? Everyone else has already tried that, too.
speaker_1HOST
Uh, the, the thing is- [laughs]
KevinHOST
Yeah
46 MINS LATER
KevinHOST
... what's a drill that I can work on?
speaker_1HOST
Yeah.
KevinHOST
Like, it, it, it sounds crazy, but, like, I, I don't, I don't love Tony Alford.
KevinHOST
But I was really impressed with, um, when I took Ryan Day's coaching football class-
Kris DrewHOST
Like back-to-back rooms that I don't know about you, Zach, back-to-back rooms that haven't struck fear in anybody's heart.
Kris DrewHOST
And the only room that struck fear in anybody's heart is the room that I know you guys all hate them, but the room that Tony Alford put together was the only one that scared, scared anybody.
Zach SmithHOST
Yeah, without a doubt.
Zach SmithHOST
And guess what? Here's another sad fact that I didn't even realize until I just looked it up.
Chris BalasHOST
Uh, the kids obviously earned that, that right to do that with what he's doing in practice.
Chris BalasHOST
So, uh, I trust whoever these guys throw out there, uh, Tony Alford and those guys, uh,
Anthony BroomeHOST
I'm happy to get him involved.
Anthony BroomeHOST
It's just weird that it's been out of the locker room.
Pete SampsonHOST
It was that just to put a bow on Aaron Lynch, it was against Michigan state that he had a completely ridiculous game.
Pete SampsonHOST
And I remember the sidetrack thing, but like, I remember being in San Antonio and taking a photo of the hotel lobby and being like the last time I was here, I remember Chuck Martin and Tony Alford, like just out foxing.
Pete SampsonHOST
I think Jimbo Fisher.
Pete SampsonHOST
I can't remember
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