Michigan Football hiring Utah’s Micah Simon as its new WR coach

Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham has hired another old friend from Utah, as Micah Simon has been named the new wide receivers coach.

These news comes shortly after the reported hiring of Utah offensive coordinator Jason Beck for the same position.

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A former BYU wide receiver from 2015-19 and a native of Dallas, Texas, Simon began his coaching career in 2022 as an offensive analyst at Syracuse, where he worked with the wide receivers and quarterbacks. That is where he first began working with new Michigan offensive coordinator Jason Beck.

He then landed the wide receivers coach job at Northern Colorado for the 2023 season. One year later, Simon went to New Mexico for the same position and got to work with Beck again. The duo left New Mexico after 2024 to join Whittingham’s staff in 2025.

Simon is credited for his work with Northern Colorado wideouts Blake Haggerty and Jamarii Robinson, who combined for 91 catches, 1,005 yards and four touchdowns in 2023. He also did a good job with New Mexico wide receiver Luke Wysong, who was named an All-Mountain West player in 2024 after finishing the season with 69 receptions for 840 yards and one touchdown. He was also top-10 in yards per game and catches per game in the conference that season.

This season for the Utes, Simon helped wide receiver Ryan Davis lead the team in receptions (62) and yards (725). Davis also scored four touchdowns. Fellow wideout Larry Simmons co-led the team in touchdown catches in 2025 with six.