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Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Michigan Wolverines are finalizing an statement to prosecute Utah shot caput coach Kyle Whittingham arsenic their caller coach.
Sources told Yahoo Sports, nan Detroit Free Press and NBC astir nan pact Friday. Whittingham, 66, announced earlier this period that he would measurement down from his domiciled pinch nan Utes.
Whittingham posted a 177-88 record, pinch 17 vessel appearances, complete his 2 decades pinch Utah He led nan squad to a 10-2 people successful 2025. The Utes will play Nebraska connected Wednesday successful nan Las Vegas Bowl.
Whittingham started astatine Utah successful 1994 and took complete arsenic caput coach successful 2004, becoming nan winningest coach successful schoolhouse history.
He would return complete for erstwhile Wolverines coach Sherrone Moore, who was fired earlier this period aft grounds emerged that he was progressive successful an inappropriate narration pinch a unit member.
Moore, who besides was charged pinch felony location penetration and 2 misdemeanors, has a January tribunal date.
Moore led nan Wolverines to an 18-8 grounds complete nan past 3 seasons.
The Wolverines will look nan Texas Longhorns successful nan Cheez-It Citrus Bowl astatine 3 p.m. EST Wednesday successful Orlando, Fla. The Utes will conflict Nebraska astatine 3:30 p.m. Wednesday successful Las Vegas.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (C) celebrates pinch teammates aft nan Dodgers conclusion nan Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 successful 11 innings successful Game 7 to triumph nan World Series successful Toronto connected November 1, 2025. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI | License Photo
