The University of Michigan football team is beefing up its recruiting staff at the expense of its rivals.
The Wolverines have hired Ohio State's Erin Dunston, who is the Buckeyes' assistant athletic director of football recruiting and events, as confirmed by Tony Garcia of the Detroit Free Press. Dunston has been with the Buckeyes since 2021 and served as the program's director of on-campus recruiting. She was recently promoted to her newest role.
Dunston, who has previously attended Kansas and Purdue, was named a “Personnel and Recruiting Staffer to Watch” by On3 in 2022 as he enters his second year with the program.
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David Ablauf, Michigan State's associate athletic director for football, told the Free Press that the university “cannot comment publicly at this time.”
Who is Erin Dunston?
According to the Ohio State football website, Dunston spent two seasons as a graduate student with the LSU football operations staff. She earned her master's degree in exercise physiology with minors in education and psychology from LSU in May 2017. She earned her bachelor's degree in exercise science from the University of Delaware in May 2015.
Dunston joined the program in March 2021 and helped the Buckeyes score some big wins in their recruiting efforts. With Dunston on the staff, Ohio State has landed four consecutive top-five recruiting classes in the 247Sports composite rankings. The Buckeyes have never finished lower than fifth nationally and are currently ranked number one in the 2025 composite class.
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The Wolverines won the 2024 College Football Playoff national championship and have faced roster turnover since Jim Harbaugh took over as NFL head coach with the Los Angeles Chargers, while Michigan lost 13 players to the 2024 NFL Draft for its first national championship since 1997.
