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The Michigan Wolverines are searching for a new head coach after Sherrone Moore was fired for an alleged “inappropriate relationship” with a staff member and later arrested on multiple charges.
Two coaches the school was rumored to be interested in – Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer and Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham – do not appear to be available. DeBoer has said he is focused on the Crimson Tide and their College Football Playoff run, and Dillingham reportedly signed a contract extension with the Sun Devils.
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Michigan Wolverines assistant head coach Biff Poggi on the sideline in the first half against the Central Michigan Chippewas at Michigan Stadium on September 13, 2025. (Rick Osentoski/Image Images)
Michigan named Biff Poggi interim head coach and at least one alum expressed support for him keeping the job.
“The best path forward for @UMichFootball is to name Biff Poggi as the University of Michigan’s 22nd head coach, not interim head coach,” Gardner wrote in X.
Current Michigan tight end Marlin Klein credited Poggi for keeping the team focused on the upcoming bowl game instead of the outside noise.
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Michigan Wolverines quarterback Devin Gardner (98) runs against 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 incredible.”
Poggi was the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers before he was fired and joined Moore’s staff at Michigan.
It revealed what Michigan players were feeling when 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, Florida, Dec. 15, 2025, prior to his team’s New Year’s Eve appearance against Texas in the bowl in Orlando, Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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“It’s been a tumultuous time,” Poggi said via ESPN. “A lot… first disbelief, then anger, then really, what we’re going through now is the kids, frankly, feel very betrayed, and we’re trying to get past that.”
