Curt Mallory Curt Mallory ( born May 9 , 1969 ) is an American football coach and former player . He has been a college football coach since 1995 . He has held defensive coordinator positions at the University of Illinois and the University of Akron . He has been the defensive secondary coach at the University of Michigan since 2011 . Mallory also played college football as a linebacker at Michigan from 1989 to 1990 . Early years . Mallory is the son of former Indiana Hoosiers football coach Bill Mallory . He played high school football at Bloomington South High School . He was a starter at linebacker starting with the last game of his freshman year at Bloomington South . Mallory ' s older brothers , Mike and Doug Mallory played college football at the University of Michigan . In February 1988 , and despite having an offer to play for his father at Indiana , Mallory announced that , like his older brothers , he had committed to Michigan . Football player . Mallory played college football at Michigan under head coach Bo Schembechler in 1989 and under head coach Gary Moeller in 1990 . The 1989 team compiled a 10 - 2 record , won the Big Ten championship , and lost to USC in the 1990 Rose Bowl . The 1990 team was the co - champion of the Big Ten . Mallory ' s final game for Michigan was the 1991 Gator Bowl , a 35 - 3 victory over Ole Miss in which Mallory had a key interception . Mallory graduated from Michigan in 1992 with a bachelor of science degree in sport management and communications . Coaching career . Mallory ' s coaching career began with a stint as a student assistant on Gary Moeller ' s Michigan football staff in 1992 . He next served as a graduate assistant on his father ' s football coaching staff at Indiana University during the 1993 and 1994 seasons . Mallory received a master ' s degree in outdoor recreation from Indiana University in 1999 . In March 1995 , Bill Lynch , the incoming coach at Ball State , hired Mallory as his linebacker ' s coach . Lynch had previously served as an assistant coach under Mallory ' s father at Indiana . From 1996 to 2000 , Mallory was an assistant coach at Ball State under head coach Bill Lynch . He was Ball State ' s linebackers coach from 1996 to 1999 and the secondary coach in 2000 . In January 2001 , Mallroy resigned his position at Ball State to become the secondary coach at Central Michigan . In February 2002 , Mallory was hired as the secondary coach at Indiana University under head coach Gerry DiNardo . He remained in that position for three years through the 2004 season . he was the position coach to Herana - Daze Jones at Indiana , and the team ' s pass defense ranked 33rd nationally in 2002 . In December 2004 , incoming head coach Ron Zook announced that he had rehired Mallory as the his defensive secondary coach at the University of Illinois . While at Illinois , Mallory was the position coach for Vontae Davis and Thorpe Award finalist Kevin Mitchall . He became the team ' s co - defensive coordinator in 2007 and was demoted after the 2009 season . In January 2010 , Mallory was hired as the defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach at the University of Akron . In February 2011 , Mallory was hired as the defensive secondary coach at Michigan . In Mallory ' s first year in the position , Michigan went from being ranked 112th nationally in pass defense during the 2010 season to being ranked 16th in the nation in 2011 . Through the first ten games of the 2012 season , Mallory ' s second at Michigan , the team ranked first in the nation in pass defense , allowing only 149 . 2 yards per game ( Nebraska ranked second nationally with 164 . 4 yards allowed per game ) . Mallory ' s older brother , Doug Mallory , is the assistant head coach and co - defensive coordinator at Indiana . Brother Mike Mallory is an assistant coach with the New Orleans Saints .