Kyle Whittingham at Michigan: Not a Michigan man anymore
The former Utah coach goes to Ann Arbor.
Kyle Whittingham at Michigan: Not a Michigan man anymore originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . After adding Dusty May for the men’s basketball team, the Michigan Wolverines athletics Department made another smart hire.
This time in football when they snagged Kyle Whittingham to replace the fired Sherrone Moore. Not a Michigan man, Whittingham is the perfect person to fill this position after the turmoil, which has been the past half decade within Michigan Football. Yes, there was a national championship.
But this was surrounded by John Harbaugh nearly being fired and instead choosing to take a pay cut and eventually leaving for another NFL job after years of flirting with any job open. This was followed by the hiring of Moore and the strange two seasons which transpired under his watch. While record wise, both seasons were solid.
It was not enough for the Michigan establishment and after things came out about his off field actions, he was rightfully fired. The situation in which Whittingham finds himself comes after a successful two-decade run with Utah. A tenure that saw the Utah program become the most successful example of a group of five programs moving to a power five league with their move to the Pac-12.