1891
Frank Crawford and Mike Murphy
The first men in charge
4-5
Record at Michigan
.444
Win percentage
First paid coaches in program history
Michigan hired its first coaches in 1891, and hired two of them. Frank Crawford and Mike Murphy shared the job for a single season and went 4-5 — the only losing record in the program's first twenty years.
They are counted separately in the official numbering, which is why Michigan's next coach is listed third rather than second.