Michigan appears to be close to hiring its next head football coach. The Wolverines are targeting former Utah coach Kyle Whittingham to take over for the fired Sherrone Moore, according to a report …
Michigan appears to be close to hiring its next head football coach.
The Wolverines are targeting former Utah coach Kyle Whittingham to take over for the fired Sherrone Moore, according to a report from ESPN.
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Whittingham announced earlier this month that he was stepping down as the head coach at Utah. The Las Vegas Bowl against Nebraska on New Year’s Eve is set to be his final game leading the Utes program.
“The time is right to step down from my position as the head football coach at the University of Utah,” Kyle Whittingham said as part of a statement at the time.
Notably, Whittingham did not say that he was retiring from coaching, only that he was moving on from Utah.
The Utes are 10-2 this season, and Whittingham is 177-88 overall in 21 seasons leading the Utah program.
The 66-year-old was an assistant at Utah before taking over as the head coach ahead of the 2005 season. He has led the program ever since.
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According to ESPN, top Michigan officials are set to discuss Whittingham’s candidacy on Friday and a deal could come together in the near future.
Former Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore was fired and later arrested following a stunning series of events earlier this month.
“U-M head football coach Sherrone Moore has been terminated, with cause, effective immediately,” Michigan said in a statement Dec. 10. “Following a University investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”
He was also charged with home invasion in the third degree, stalking, and breaking and entering or entering without breaking after police say that he broke into the staff member’s house after being fired.
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Source: Utah News