Michigan made a late entry into the unending 2025 school soccer teaching carousel on Wednesday when it fired coach Sherrone Moore for cause.
The college stated that Moore had been concerned in an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. Hours after Michigan introduced Moore’s firing, reviews emerged that he had been detained by police in a close-by municipality and could doubtlessly face expenses relating to a Wednesday night incident.
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With Biff Poggi put in because the group’s interim coach for the Citrus Bowl in opposition to Texas, the Wolverines at the moment are trying to find a coach. Here are 5 coaches who would make sense for Michigan.
Jedd Fisch, Washington
Fisch now has two seasons of expertise as a head coach within the Big Ten after Washington’s transfer into the convention. He was an assistant for 2 seasons at Michigan in 2015 and 2016 as he labored because the group’s passing sport coordinator earlier than heading to UCLA because the offensive coordinator after which the Bruins’ interim coach at the tip of the season.
Fisch isn’t the splashiest rent, however he has in depth NFL expertise and labored because the New England Patriots QB coach throughout the 2020 season earlier than taking the pinnacle teaching job at Arizona.
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The Wildcats went 1-11 in Fisch’s first season after taking on for Kevin Sumlin, however Arizona improved to 5-7 in 2022 after which went 10-3 in 2023 earlier than he changed Kalen DeBoer in Seattle. The Huskies are 14-11 in his two seasons in cost and had been 8-4 in 2025.
Manny Diaz, Duke
Could Michigan be a second likelihood for Diaz at a standard energy? The former Miami coach is recent off an ACC title win as his Blue Devils went 6-2 within the convention earlier than beating Virginia on Saturday night time within the ACC title sport.
Duke is 17-9 in Diaz’s two seasons in Durham. In three seasons at Miami. The Hurricanes had been 21-15. The finest season of his tenure got here in 2020, when Miami went 8-3.
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After his departure from Miami — who employed Mario Cristobal to exchange him — Diaz was the defensive coordinator for Penn State for 2 seasons. That’s his solely teaching expertise within the Big Ten, however the Nittany Lions had been 21-5 in his two years in State College. In 2023, Penn State ranked third within the nation in scoring protection, permitting 13.5 factors per sport and 4.2 yards per play.
Kalen DeBoer, Alabama
Yes, Alabama remains to be within the College Football Playoff. But it wasn’t exhausting to ascertain DeBoer at Michigan after the 2023 season if the Wolverines had seemed for an out of doors rent as a substitute of selling Moore following Jim Harbaugh’s departure to the NFL.
Instead, DeBoer turned the coach at Alabama and the Crimson Tide have now misplaced three video games in back-to-back seasons. The normal Nick Saban set in Tuscaloosa was unattainable to match. But you need to return to the primary two seasons of the Mike Shula period to seek out the final time that Alabama misplaced at least three video games in consecutive seasons.
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If — if — DeBoer needed to depart Tuscaloosa on his personal accord following a possible loss to Oklahoma on Dec. 19, this could be pretty much as good a possibility as he’ll ever get. And it will restart one of many wildest teaching cycles we’ve ever seen with a gap at Alabama set to ripple throughout the game.
Jay Harbaugh, Seattle Seahawks
What if Michigan needed to rent a Harbaugh who wasn’t penalized by the NCAA? Jay is at the moment the particular groups coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks below former Michigan assistant Mike Macdonald. Before becoming a member of Seattle after the 2024 season, Harbaugh labored at Michigan since his dad was employed in 2015 and coached the group’s tight ends, working backs, particular groups and safeties all through his time with the college.
Harbaugh could be very, very conversant in the way in which issues work at Michigan. But there’s an excellent case to be made for the Wolverines to chop ties fully from the Jim Harbaugh period.
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Jesse Minter, Los Angeles Chargers
If Michigan doesn’t wish to fully distance itself from the Harbaugh period and Minter could be intrigued by a return to varsity soccer, it could do far worse than the defensive coordinator from that 2023 nationwide title group. Minter adopted Jim Harbaugh to the Chargers and is accountable for a protection that’s permitting fewer than 21 factors per sport and has intercepted opposing QBs 15 occasions whereas permitting simply 12 landing passes.
Yes, Minter was given a show-cause penalty as a part of the NCAA’s penalties for recruiting violations that occurred throughout his time in Ann Arbor. However, his one-year show-cause penalty expires earlier than 2025 concludes. Michigan could keep away from NCAA pink tape if it waited a bit to rent Minter, who would doubtlessly wish to end out the Chargers’ season anyway.
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