There’s a new heavy favourite to change into the following Michigan Wolverines head coach after Kalen DeBoer insisted that he has “no curiosity” in leaving Alabama.
Washington’s Jedd Fisch, who was put in with the third-shortest odds final week by one sportsbook, is now the -175 favourite. The second-shortest odds belong to Kenny Dillingham at +205, though he has mentioned he is engaged on a brand new settlement with Arizona State.
MICHIGAN NEXT COACH ODDS
Jedd Fisch (-175)
Kenny Dillingham (+205)
Kalen DeBoer (+700)
Biff Poggi (+700)
Jesse Minter (+1400)
Jon Gruden (+2000)
Tommy Rees (+2500)
PJ Fleck (+3300)
Jeff Brohm (+3300)
Marcus Freeman (+3000)
*Odds by a web based sportsbook offered for leisure functions solely.
Fisch opened at +450 final week, however has steadily climbed as DeBoer and Dillingham have proclaimed their happiness at their present packages. Dillingham, an Arizona State alum, mentioned over the weekend that the varsity stays “residence” and that one other program could not change the household help he has domestically.
Fisch additionally addressed his title being tied to the Michigan job, however wasn’t almost as robust together with his feedback and did little to quiet the rumors.
“I am absolutely centered on our crew,” Fisch mentioned after Washington’s win within the LA Bowl on Saturday. “These lists are made by those that do not know what is going on on, actually. They do not know what’s occurring in our program. They do not know how excited I’m in regards to the youth in our program.”
Fisch is 15-11 in two seasons since changing DeBoer at Washington, and the 49-year-old hung out at Michigan as a place coach from 2015-16.
DeBoer stays with the third-shortest odds on the record together with interim coach Biff Poggi as a number of different potential candidates have slid down the record.
That features Jesse Minter, who opened because the +250 favourite on account of his ties to Michigan because the defensive coordinator for the 2023 nationwide championship crew. Nonetheless, there’s a rising perception that the embattled Wolverines athletic division could need to begin recent moderately than go together with one other coach from the Jim Harbaugh tree.
For related causes, it might be tough to examine Jon Gruden as the following Michigan coach regardless of his present +2000 odds. Gruden, 62, has a prolonged NFL resume, however has not held a head teaching place in school and has not been a head coach wherever since resigning from the Raiders in 2021 on account of an e-mail scandal.
The subsequent shortest odds belong to Tommy Rees, the 33-year-old offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns. Rees, who was a quarterback for Michigan rival Notre Dame, returned to the Combating Irish as a quarterbacks coach from 2017-19 and added offensive coordinator to his job description from 2020-22. He then spent a yr as Alabama’s offensive coordinator earlier than leaping to the NFL with Cleveland final yr.
Additionally on the record is present Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman, who is taken into account a longshot to depart South Bend for Ann Arbor. He’s being provided with longer odds than present Minnesota coach PJ Fleck and Louisville’s Jeff Brohm.
–Subject Stage Media
