Overview
- Michigan announced a reworked personnel team that includes Chris Pettit as assistant general manager and Ron Bellamy as senior director of recruiting relations.
- The program also named Alayna Williamson chief of staff, Natalia Benitez-Hilton director of football operations, Ben Redell executive assistant and director of logistics, and Evan Roka assistant director of operations.
- Pettit spent nearly two decades with the New York Giants, rose to director of college scouting, contributed to two Super Bowl rosters, and co-founded the Scout Smarter AI evaluation platform.
- Bellamy returns after serving as Michigan’s safeties and wide receivers coach and is expected to leverage his Detroit-area ties, with Skylar Phan arriving from USC to run overall recruiting strategy.
- The announcements follow Kyle Whittingham’s arrival and Dave Peloquin’s February hire as GM, with reporters noting USA TODAY first detailed Pettit and Bellamy’s roles before the school confirmed them as spring practice ramps up toward the April 18–19 spring game.