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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 an employee 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 — don’t appear to be available. DeBoer has said he’s focused on the Crimson Tide and their run in the College Football Playoff, and Dillingham has reportedly signed a contract extension with the Sun Devils.
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Michigan Wolverines assistant head coach Biff Poggi on the sideline during the first half against the Central Michigan Chippewas at Michigan Stadium on September 13, 2025. (Rick Osentoski/Imagn Images)
Michigan named Biff Poggi the interim head coach, and at least one alum expressed support for him keeping the job.
“The best way forward for @UMichFootball is to name Biff Poggi the 22nd head coach of the University of Michigan, not 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 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, everybody loves him,” Klein said via Click on Detroit. “The atmosphere in the building has been fantastic.”
Poggi was the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers before being let go and joining Moore’s staff at Michigan.
He revealed what Michigan players felt when the Moore scandal dropped.
Michigan interim head coach Biff Poggi answers a question during an NCAA college football Citrus Bowl news conference in Winter Park, Florida, on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of 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. “Very … disbelief at first, then anger, so really, what we’re in right now is the kids, frankly, feel very betrayed and we’re trying to work through that.”
