Michigan Wolverines Down To Four Frontrunners For Head Coach?

By Josh Hill | Dec 12, 2014

Oct 11, 2014; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan Wolverines wide receiver Devin Funchess (1) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /

The Michigan Wolverines are trying to find their next head coach, and it appears the program has narrowed the search down to anywhere from four to ten candidates.

When the Michigan Wolverines fired Brady Hoke last week, it seemed like they may have a head coach in mind to make the process of restarting the program run along smoothly. We must have all forgotten that this is Michigan we’re talking about and nothing goes smoothly in Ann Arbor. That’s the case with the search for a new head coach as the school down to a handful of candidates as frontrunners for the gig.

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According to Scout.com, the Wolverines have narrowed their head coaching search down to four candidates.

"Multiple sources with knowledge of a Thursday meeting between the Michigan football team and Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett reported to GoBlueWolverine on the condition of anonymity that the players were told the search for a new coach had been narrowed to four candidates."

An older report suggests that the number is actually a lot higher, as the Wolverines are considering more than ten candidates for their head coaching gig. It’s possible that the Wolverines have indeed talked to and are considering more than ten candidates, but it appears they have a defined frontrunner list that they’ll cross off first before going further down the list.

Those candidates haven’t been confirmed, but they may include Jim Harbaugh, Les Miles, Sean Payton and Steve Addazio. Of those names, Addazio seems the most likely as he’d be graduating to a higher profile program whereas the other three could be viewed as downgrading if they left their positions to take up a job at Michigan.

Either way, a decision will likely be made soon as just about everyone else in college football who lost their head coaches have found replacements by now.

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