The University of Michigan has its new football coach, and it is hard to imagine the program emerging from a chaotic situation better than it is now. Michigan has reportedly hired former Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham to run its program, agreeing to a five-year contract with him on Friday.
Kyle Whittingham hire seems like fantastic hire for Michigan
There are a lot of things to like about this move for the Wolverines.
The most obvious is that Whittingham has a track record of success at Utah, helping keep the program as a nationally relevant team for the better part of two decades. The Utes were consistently ranked, consistently in bowl games and won at least 10 games eight different times during his tenure.
He is now going to one of the most prominent programs in the country, where attracting top-tier talent should not be an issue, especially if Michigan has the NIL funds to acquire players. It should. Especially given how serious the program is about winning and how competitive it is in what is now, arguably, the best conference in the country.