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The Michigan Wolverines are looking for a new head coach after Sherrone Moore was fired for an alleged “inappropriate relationship” with a staff member and then arrested on multiple charges.
Two coaches rumored to be of interest to the school — Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer and Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham — appear unavailable. DeBoer said he was focused on the Crimson Tide and their appearance in the College Football Playoff and Dillingham reportedly signed a contract extension with the Sun Devils.
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Michigan Wolverines assistant head coach Biff Poggi on the sidelines in the first half against the Central Michigan Chippewas at Michigan Stadium on September 13, 2025. (Rick Osentoski/Imagn Images)
Michigan has named Biff Poggi interim head coach and at least one alumnus has expressed support for his continued tenure.
“The best way forward for @UMichFootball is to name Biff Poggi the 22nd head coach at the University of Michigan, not the interim head coach,” Gardner wrote on X.
Current Michigan tight end Marlin Klein credited Poggi with keeping the team focused on the upcoming bowl game instead of the noise outside.
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Michigan Wolverines quarterback Devin Gardner (98) faces the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on November 29, 2014. (Greg Bartram/USA TODAY Sports)
“Coach Poggi is a legend, everyone loves him,” Klein said via Click on Detroit. “The atmosphere in the building has been great.”
Poggi was the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers before being fired and joining Moore’s staff at Michigan.
He revealed how Michigan players felt as the Moore scandal broke.
Michigan interim head coach Biff Poggi answers a question during an NCAA college football Citrus Bowl news conference in Winter Park, Fla., Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of his team’s New Year’s Eve appearance against Texas in the bowl in Orlando, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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“It’s been a tumultuous time,” Poggi said via ESPN. “A lot of… first disbelief, then anger, then really, what we’re in right now is the kids, frankly, feel very betrayed, and we’re trying to get through that.”
