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The Valenti Show

Taking Your Calls On The Michigan Coaching Search

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Riger and Rico hear from the people on the options they've laid out regarding the next potential head coach of Michigan Football.

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0:00.0

Oh, yeah, 971.

0:24.4

Talking about Michigan's coaching search. Is it Biff? Is it Brom? Who's coaching a bowl game currently? Is it somebody else? And do you believe Michigan looks bad because they haven't been able to secure anybody yet? Or maybe they got their guy. And we don't know who it is. And they're waiting for that guy to finish with their season. Well, it's funny, Rieger, I want to bring up something you mentioned in the break that you said it could be somebody that's already in the CFP. But here's the other thing that I think

0:30.2

is the biggest problem. Who hires him? Because you have an investigation with the law firm from what people are telling me

0:39.6

sounds like this could be the end of days for Ward. So you're not going to entitle Ward to make

0:46.2

this choice if he's about to get fired. You have an interim president. So does the interim

0:51.2

president make it? Is it your board of regents or wherever they call?

0:54.8

Like, I don't know if Michigan actually has the infrastructure to make the hire.

1:00.1

It's a great point. But weren't we led to believe that Ward's the guy until he's not?

1:05.0

Like, listen, Ward wasn't fired. The board of trustees said Ward's going to hire. He's going to

1:09.6

be this guy. Now, then the investigation starts. No, no, no. And if there's a hire today, it tells me what I feel. Ward ain't going nowhere. He's Teflon. Okay, so if he's not going anywhere, then he's the dude hiring the coach. If there is a hire today, Word manual is your AD for the next 20 years. So if it's Biff for one year, Michigan fans good with that?

1:32.0

Or are they absolutely disgusted, considering his record at Charlotte and the fact that

1:38.0

you couldn't get a better coach?

1:39.0

But now you're saying that you think it may be somebody that's currently playing in

1:42.4

the CFP?

1:43.2

I'm saying I don't know. Because from what I understand, they don't want a coordinator because people are thinking, Kenny's team, Georgia's defensive coordinator, but they want a head coach with head coaching experience. I think it's going to be wrong. I think as soon as this bowl game ends, I think Jeff Brom's going to be the next coach of Michigan.

2:20.6

That's what I think. If I could bet on it, I would bet on it. So what you're saying is, because Louisville is playing Toledo, what you're saying is he should be on the plane with Toledo heading back. And that way he can go up 75, get to Ann Arbor. That's what you're saying Jeff Brom should do. Press conference Friday. because tomorrow's too close to Christmas.

2:34.8

It was upset. get to Ann Arbor. That's what you're saying. Jeff Brown should do. Press conference Friday. Because tomorrow's too close to Christmas. It goes up 75 and then it crosses over to the 9-4. And here's to Ann Arbor. There you go. Washington Ozone. David on a cell, you're on 97-1. What's going on, David? How are you doing, guys?

2:35.5

Hey, David.

2:42.3

It's David from Ohio, but anyhow, Merry Christmas to you guys.

2:43.7

I meant to get Mike yesterday.

2:46.7

But, no, I think it's multifaceted.

2:51.7

And Rico, you kind of just took my thunder because I think it's multifaceted because no one can make this higher. Um, there's no president. There's no AD. Well, there's an, there's an

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