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The Michigan Insider

Reacting to Kyle Whittingham's hiring, introduction as Michigan's head coach

The Michigan Insider

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4.6855 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zuniga break down Kyle Whittingham's introductory press conference as Michigan's 22nd head football coach, and react to his hiring at large.

They open with a reflection on Whittingham's introductory press conference. They discuss his comments, demeanor and outlook on the job. They look at his takes on roster retention, Bryce Underwood, the team's identity and other takeaways from his meeting with the media.

They also look at Whittingham's fit with the Wolverines, why the hire made a lot of sense, question marks in Whittingham's resume and observations from the team so far in Orlando.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things,

0:04.4

Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Alejandro Zanegas here

0:08.7

with me. We are both at a hotel in Orlando, live from Central Florida, as we are on site for

0:15.5

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl coverage for Michigan versus Texas. Of course, this podcast is not going to talk very much about the citrus bowl.

0:22.8

It's going to be a lot more about Michigan's new head coach, Kyle Whittingham,

0:28.4

inexcusable mispronunciation.

0:30.5

That's not even a difficult last name to pronounce.

0:32.5

But Kyle Whittingham hired, he was at Utah for 21 years, hired on the 26th, introduced today,

0:40.3

the 28th in Orlando. We were there for the press conference, and obviously, you know, we've gotten

0:44.7

to know him and what he's about and his resume and his vision for Michigan a little bit better.

0:49.4

So we'll talk about it. We'll give you impressions of the press conference, some thoughts on

0:52.8

his fit with Michigan, you know, some early thoughts on roster retention and obviously observations

0:59.8

elsewhere this week. As we've been in Orlando, we've seen a couple open practice windows.

1:06.0

They're very small windows, of course, but then got to talk to both of Michigan's coordinators and a few players

1:12.2

while we're down here in Orlando.

1:14.3

Of course, you can read all of our written coverage on all those topics over at the Michiganinsider.com,

1:19.0

Michigan.247sports.com.

1:21.5

I think we had someone complained that we had too many posts today on the website.

1:25.1

So that should give you a sense.

1:26.7

If you want to read more about

1:28.8

bowl prep or Whittingham or anything else that's happened to Michigan football in the last week,

1:34.1

we've got you covered over there. But Alejandro, let's talk about the introductory press conference.

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