The Athletic: Michigan football has a top 10 coach in Kyle Whittingham
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Former Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore wasn't exactly rated high on any head coach power rankings that came out. While he had some of the best wins in the country in 2024, his 2025 season had exactly zero signature wins. And soon after, Moore was out, his career lost to disgrace after a series of off-field miscues.
And then, Michigan football lucked into an upgrade.
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The Wolverines managed to secure former Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham, who had appeared to be retiring after two decades as the Utes head coach. However, when Michigan came calling, Whittingham answered.
The Athletic put out its latest head coach power rankings, and the new head coach of the maize and blue came in ranked in the top 10.
9. Kyle Whittingham, Michigan (2025: No. 12)
The Wolverines seemed to have lucked into a massive upgrade, getting a proven winner whose rugged style should be an ideal fit in Ann Arbor. The Utes have finished ranked in the AP poll 12 times, and Whittingham was responsible for nine of those teams. Utah did sputter some late in his tenure, going 13-12 and just 7-11 in conference play in 2023-24, but Whittingham made some smart staffing moves last offseason and the Utes bounced back to 10-2 and finished No. 14.
It will be interesting to see if Whittingham does prove to be a massive upgrade, but as noted, it is an ideal fit for the Wolverines. With a significantly more talented roster, but a bear of a schedule, it will be difficult for Whittingham to improve upon Michigan's 9-3 regular season record from a year ago. But if anyone can get the most out of the team he's inherited, it's a coach who has consistently done more with less.
Whittingham will have his work cut out for him, as three coaches (No. 1 Curt Cignetti, No. 3 Ryan Day, and No. 6 Dan Lanning) are ahead of him on the list.
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