Michigan may have a brand new head coach subsequent season and a brand new offensive coordinator as properly.
Missouri introduced on Sunday it’s hiring Chip Lindsey from the Wolverines to change into the Tigers’ offensive coordinator below Eli Drinkwitz, whose identify has been talked about for Michigan’s vacant head teaching place. Michigan confirmed that tight ends coach Steve Casula will deal with play-calling duties within the Citrus Bowl in opposition to Texas. The Tigers had been searching for a alternative for brand spanking new Washington State coach Kirby Moore.
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Lindsey’s departure, although not sudden after Sherrone Moore’s firing, is notable for a number of causes. Michigan employed him a 12 months in the past to repair a sputtering offense and develop freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 recruit within the Class of 2025. The Wolverines improved from No. 129 within the FBS in whole offense in 2024 to No. 57 this season, although lots of these positive factors got here on the bottom. Michigan’s passing offense ranked No. 107 within the FBS below Lindsey, and Underwood had an inconsistent freshman season with 9 touchdowns and 6 interceptions.
The 51-year-old Lindsey has additionally been the offensive coordinator at North Carolina, UCF, Auburn, Arizona State and Southern Miss, and he went 15-19 as Troy’s head coach from 2019-21.
Lindsey’s transfer to Missouri comes as Michigan searches for a brand new head coach to interchange Moore, who was fired Dec. 10 for partaking in an inappropriate relationship with a feminine staffer. Moore was later arrested and faces fees of third-degree residence invasion, stalking and breaking and getting into for allegedly confronting the staffer after she disclosed the connection to the college.
Alabama’s victory in opposition to Oklahoma within the Faculty Soccer Playoff means Michigan must wait till no less than Jan. 2 to make a run at Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer, who launched a press release final week saying he has “little interest in talking with anybody else about every other job.” Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham, one other coach linked to the Michigan opening, signed a brand new five-year contract Saturday that may pay him $7.5 million per 12 months.
Drinkwitz, Louisville’s Jeff Brohm, Washington’s Jedd Fisch and former Utah coach Kyle Whittingham have additionally been talked about as potential candidates. Biff Poggi, Michigan’s interim head coach for the Citrus Bowl, can be a risk on a short-term foundation.
No. 18 Michigan faces No. 13 Texas within the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31 in Orlando, Fla. Missouri is about to play No. 19 Virginia within the Gator Bowl on Dec. 28, with Matt Zollers its quarterback of the longer term as Beau Pribula prepares to enter the switch portal. The Tigers rank twenty fifth within the FBS in whole offense.
