What were the biggest games, the most impressive performances, the best Wolverine teams of the ’00s? Sportswriter John U. Bacon makes his picks. What are yours?

Plus: David Brandon named U-M athletic director.

University of Michigan alumnus and former football player David Brandon has been named U-M’s new athletic director. Brandon, the CEO of Domino’s Pizza, has also served as a Regent for the University.

As he approaches retirement, the athletic director will go down as one of U-M’s most influential figures.

How U-M’s greatest coaches construct programs that win for years.
Plus: Slideshow: U-M’s top coaches

Tons of trash, visitors from all over the earth and the 50-Yard-Line Club keep it hopping. Plus: football update and stadium photos.

Wolverines romp through the NCAA tournaments.
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John U. Bacon, a lecturer in U-M’s history department and Michigan Today’s sportswriter, won the 2009 Golden Apple Award, given by U-M students for great teaching. In this excerpt from his “ideal last lecture” he describes a lesson learned from—and does a spot-on impersonation of—coach Schembechler.

In 1989, Michigan’s men’s basketball team made an improbable run through the NCAA tournament, winning the national title in a heartstopper against Seton Hall.

The Wolverines’ female gymnasts rank among the country’s best. How do they keep their edge…and what does hockey have to do with it?