Is Kyle Whittingham a Good Fit for Michigan Football?
Menace2Sports with Zach Smith
Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith
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🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Michigan football is reportedly targeting Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham as a potential next head coach for the Wolverines. Is this the steady, proven leader Michigan needs — or a risky move at a pivotal moment for the program?
Today, we go LIVE to break down the Whittingham-to-Michigan buzz, why his name is gaining traction, and how he would fit in Ann Arbor if the Wolverines make a move.
We'll cover LIVE:
〽️ Why Kyle Whittingham is being linked to Michigan football
〽️ Whittingham's track record and coaching philosophy
〽️ How he would fit Michigan's culture and roster
〽️ Recruiting implications in the Big Ten and nationally
〽️ Other candidates Michigan could consider
〽️ What this means for the future of the Wolverines
Join the live chat, share your thoughts, and help us break down one of the most intriguing Michigan football coaching rumors right now.
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| 0:00.0 | It is a ho, ho, ho kind of holiday show. |
| 0:06.8 | Merry Christmas. |
| 0:08.4 | Menace Army. |
| 0:10.5 | I apologize for not being on on Christmas, what I call Christmas Adam. |
| 0:14.4 | Some people call Christmas Eve Eve the day before Christmas Eve. |
| 0:18.6 | Boy, I got hit by a fucking bus on Monday night. |
| 0:22.3 | And I was, I couldn't, I didn't sleep all night. |
| 0:25.6 | I couldn't move, budge, nothing. |
| 0:28.1 | Bad deal. |
| 0:29.3 | But shout out Chris and Pat for holding it down doing the show without me. |
| 0:33.1 | But Chris, Merry Christmas. |
| 0:34.6 | How was your Christmas? |
| 0:35.9 | It was good, brother. |
| 0:36.8 | Obviously, Christmas is always hectic when you have like kids like around this age. So, um, you know, the siblings had a good Christmas. Got a karaoke machine. It's been real loud out there recently. Um, but good man. How was yours? It was great, man. It was great. I mean, like, you know, it's one of those things, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm in an emotional place right now. |
| 0:55.1 | Um, just some kids growing up, you know, I got almost junior in high school all the way down |
| 0:59.8 | to a little, little preschooler, Lukey's five, um, in pre-K. So it was, it was just amazing. I mean, |
| 1:06.3 | just the magic of Christmas as a parent is, uh, second to none. I mean, just from my older kids knowing, |
| 1:13.9 | you know, reality and my younger kids not. So that it's just a weird space, man. I'm, I'm living |
| 1:19.4 | in two time zones right now, you know what I mean? But it's cool to watch them interact, |
| 1:23.8 | like my older kids knowing, you know, reality and my younger kids believing in magic and just |
| 1:28.8 | just the dynamic was awesome and they were spoiled as shit like always and uh just a great time with |
| 1:35.0 | family it was really really good you've got like every age group covered yeah literally i mean |
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