It’s been two and a half weeks since Sherrone Moore was fired for the inappropriate relationship he had with a staff member. And the Wolverines are about to fall upwards.
Michigan had been considering Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer, Arizona State‘s Kenny Dillingham, Louisville’s Jeff Brohm, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken, and interim head coach Biff Poggi. But another ended up being athletic director Warde Manuel’s choice to lead the program.
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Though it isn’t as popular with Michigan football fans as some other options (but it is popular with the national media), the maize and blue are set to hire Utah’s Kyle Whittingham as the team’s new head coach. The deal should be announced on Friday, according to multiple reports.
A former linebacker at BYU, Whittingham has been coaching at rival Utah since 1994. He was promoted to defensive coordinator the following year and took over the head coaching post from Urban Meyer when he left for the Florida job.
Whittingham has a lot of similar traits to former head coach Jim Harbaugh, albeit without much of the extracurriculars and drama that surrounded Harbaugh, predating even his time in Ann Arbor. At 66 years old, there are some questions about his longevity for the role, but Pete Carroll (74) took over the Seattle Seahawks at 59 years old, and the Las Vegas Raiders just this past year. Perhaps not a successful of a story, North Carolina hired a 73-year-old Bill Belichick to oversee the Tar Heels just this past year.
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This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan football set to hire Kyle Whittingham as next head coach
