Michigan football finds Sherrone Moore's successor weeks after controversy

Kyle Whittingham is the adjacent caput manager of the Michigan Wolverines shot programme with a reported woody coming weeks aft the assemblage fired Sherrone Moore for what officials described arsenic an "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer. Moore was aboriginal arrested.

Whittingham and Michigan agreed to a five-year contract, ESPN reported Friday. 

He volition instrumentality implicit for Biff Poggi, who was named the interim caput manager aft Moore was dismissed. Poggi made his lawsuit to instrumentality implicit the occupation successful the past week.

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Utah Utes caput manager Kyle Whittingham watches the squad lukewarm up earlier a crippled against the Texas Tech Red Raiders astatine Rice-Eccles Stadium Sept. 20, 2025. (Rob Gray/Imagn Images)

Whittingham volition beryllium the 5th caput manager since Lloyd Carr retired aft the 2007 season.

Whittingham announced earlier this twelvemonth helium would measurement down arsenic the caput manager of the Utah Utes aft 20 seasons. He expressed involvement successful continuing his coaching vocation and rapidly became 1 of the fistful of coaches who were imaginable Moore successors.

Whittingham, 66, served nether Ron McBride and Urban Meyer astatine Utah. He had been with the programme since 1994, erstwhile helium archetypal started retired arsenic a antiaircraft enactment coach. Michigan volition beryllium the 2nd caput coaching halt for him. He is 177-88 each time.

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Sherrone Moore of the Michigan Wolverines during the 2nd fractional against the Maryland Terrapins astatine SECU Stadium Nov. 22, 2025, successful College Park, Md. (Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

Michigan is considered 1 of the apical shot jobs successful the state contempt the scandals that person plagued the schoolhouse successful caller years. One of the biggest included a sign-stealing ungraded that led to the suspension of Jim Harbaugh. Moore besides served a suspension arsenic portion of an NCAA investigation.

Through it all, Michigan won the nationalist title down J.J. McCarthy successful 2023. The Wolverines were 15-0 that season, going undefeated for the archetypal clip since 1997 nether Carr. The Wolverines won the nationalist title that twelvemonth arsenic well.

Whittingham volition beryllium called upon to close the vessel that has been rocking for the past fewer weeks.

Utah Utes caput manager Kyle Whittingham, right, argues a telephone with tract justice Matt Mills during the 2nd fractional of a crippled astatine LaVell Edwards Stadium Oct. 18, 2025.  (Rob Gray/Imagn Images)

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The Wolverines volition play successful the Citrus Bowl Dec. 31 against the Texas Longhorns.

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