As everyone had expected, the Michigan Wolverines have parted ways with head football coach Brady Hoke on Tuesday.
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The Michigan Wolverines fired head coach Brady Hoke on Tuesday after four tumultuous seasons at the helm in Ann Arbor. After the 2014 season, one of the more controversial in program history, this was a move that everyone saw coming, and it has indeed taken place.
Hoke burst onto the scene of Michigan in 2011 from San Diego State following the school firing Rich Rodriguez. With the players that Rich Rod had brought in, Hoke led the team to a Sugar Bowl win over Virginia Tech, however the wheels fell off from there.
Source has confirmed that Brady Hoke has been fired from post as #Michigan's head football coach. Team to be briefed during 3pm meeting
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) December 2, 2014
With everyone believing the program was trending upward, Hoke and Michigan would go 8-5 in 2012 with a loss in the Outback Bowl. In 2013, they regressed even more, finishing 7-5 and losing to Kansas State in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
This season, which ended up being Hoke’s last, the team will not be going to a bowl, as they finished 5-7 after their loss to Ohio State this past weekend.
Hoke was the subject of a lot of controversy this year, especially. During the season he had put in sophomore Shane Morris at quarterback in place of the struggling Devin Gardner. At on point, Morris had suffered a concussion, yet was allowed to continue playing. While many people came to Hoke’s defense for simply listening to his team doctors who said Morris can play, as the leader of the program, he was expected to keep Morris off the field.
Brady Hoke finishes his tenure as the Michigan coach with a record of 31-20, including 18-14 in the Big Ten with no conference titles.
Now the question turns to who the next man at Michigan will be.
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