Jeff Brohm emerges as 'strong candidate' in Michigan search

The coaching carousel has not stopped spinning yet. Jon Sumrall (Florida) and Bob Chesney (James Madison) have officially moved on after their teams bowed out in the College Football Playoff on Saturday. But another opening still looms large. Just what is going to happen at Michigan after top reported targets Kalen DeBoer and Kenny Dillingham appeared to come of the table over the weekend?

It appears that Michigan director of athletics Warde Manuel has found a new top target. Could Louisville head coach Jeff Brohm make a return to the Big Ten?

“Louisville’s Jeff Brohm has surfaced as a strong candidate now after Michigan moves on from DeBoer, whose Alabama team beat Oklahoma yesterday to essentially remove him from the running,” The Wolverine’s Chris Balas writes. “As reported, Michigan was prepared to do ‘whatever it took’ to land him … but as of now doesn’t appear willing to wait that long.”

Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz has also had his named involved in this search but he officially poached Michigan offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey away for the same position in Columbia. That would seem to indicate that a move to Michigan is not happening. Elsewhere, interim head coach Biff Poggi, Washington head coach Jedd Fisch, and retiring Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham have also been mentioned as candidates. However, the clock is ticking fast with the transfer portal window now less than two weeks away.

Louisville is currently on site for the Boca Raton Bowl as the Card prepare to face Toledo with an interim head coach after Jason Candle left for UConn. Could the same happen if Brohm takes the Michigan job? That game will be played on Tuesday afternoon. One way or another, we will likely find out this week if the former Louisville quarterback will leave his alma mater after just three seasons.

The carousel just will not stop spinning.

The 2026 coaching carousel

School	Hire	Former Job
Arkansas	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis head coach
Auburn	Alex Golesh	South Florida head coach
California	Tosh Lupoi	Oregon defensive coordinator
Coastal Carolina	Ryan Beard	Missouri State head coach
Colorado State	Jim L. Mora	UConn head coach
Florida	Jon Sumrall	Tulane head coach
Iowa State	Jimmy Rogers	Washington State head coach
James Madison	Billy Napier	Florida head coach
Kansas State	Collin Klein	Texas A&M offensive coordinator
Kentucky	Will Stein	Oregon offensive coordinator
LSU	Lane Kiffin	Ole Miss head coach
Memphis	Charles Huff	Southern Miss head coach
Missouri State	Casey Woods	SMU offensive coordinator
North Texas	Neal Brown	Texas special assistant to the head coach
Oklahoma State	Eric Morris	North Texas head coach
Ole Miss	Pete Golding	Ole Miss defensive coordinator
Oregon State	JaMarcus Shephard	Alabama assistant head coach/co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach
Penn State	Matt Campbell	Iowa State head coach
South Florida	Brian Hartline	Ohio State offensive coordinator
Southern Miss	Blake Anderson	Southern Miss offensive coordinator
Stanford	Tavita Pritchard	Washington Commanders QB coach
Toledo	Mike Jacobs	Mercer head coach
Tulane	Will Hall	Tulane passing game coordinator
UAB	Alex Mortensen	UAB offensive coordinator
UCLA	Bob Chesney	James Madison head coach
UConn	Jason Candle	Toledo head coach
Virginia Tech	James Franklin	Penn State head coach
Washington State	Kirby Moore	Missouri offensive coordinator