{"id":760648,"date":"2026-02-18T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/760648\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:21:41","slug":"michigan-parting-ways-with-general-manager-sean-magee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/760648\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan parting ways with general manager Sean Magee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/michigan-wolverines\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan<\/a> and new head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/kyle-whittingham-133984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Whittingham<\/a> are parting ways with general manager Sean Magee, sources <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/On3\/status\/2023788991569330302?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">tell<\/a> On3. Brought on in March 2024 as the general manager, he arrived in Ann Arbor after working as the chief of staff for the Chicago Bears during the 2022 and 2023 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>As the senior associate athletic director and general manager, Magee oversaw all aspects of the recruiting and player personnel departments, as well as coordinating the program\u2019s NIL initiatives. Magee is viewed as one of the top general managers in college football, helping the Wolverines land No. 1 quarterback recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/bryce-underwood-15949\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Underwood<\/a> in the 2025 cycle. <\/p>\n<p>Magee was on Michigan\u2019s staff under Jim Harbaugh from 2017 to 2021, providing\u00a0oversight in all off-field areas, including the management of the player personnel department, football operations and the administration of the budget for all football-related activity. He played a role in building Michigan\u2019s national championship roster in 2023, too. <\/p>\n<p>Magee played a key role in keeping the Michigan roster together through the transition of Sherrone Moore\u2019s firing and Whittingham\u2019s hire. The Wolverines ultimately lost 27 players, but kept together a core of returning players that has Michigan well-positioned for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The former Michigan general manager has one of the most unique backgrounds in the space as a former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/NAVY\/navy-midshipmen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Navy<\/a>\u00a0offensive lineman, Surface Warfare Officer and former chief of staff for the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan and new head coach Kyle Whittingham are parting ways with general manager Sean Magee, sources tell On3.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5977,7,42230,49,48],"class_list":["post-760648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-ncaa-football","tag-bryce-underwood-25-belleville-high-school","tag-football","tag-kyle-whittingham-78-provo","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116092553989055569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}