Michigan football has an almost entirely new coaching staff coming in 2026. Here are the new faces and a few holdovers from the past regime.

Not surprisingly, Michigan’s defense as a whole graded out better than the offense, according to Pro Football Focus. Only four regulars on offense who played at least 25% of snaps this season earned grades above 70, while nine were above that mark on defense.

Michigan football is set to lose a defensive player to the transfer portal. On late Thursday evening, On3's Hayes Fawcett reported that freshman defensive back

Lou Esposito becomes 2nd holdover from the current Michigan staff to stay, along with running backs coach Tony Alford, under Kyle Whittingham.

New Michigan football coach Kyle Whittingham addressed Michigan fans on campus for the first time Friday night. Speaking to a sold-out Crisler Center crowd during the men’s basketball game against USC, Whittingham made a few guarantees about his program.

The Michigan Wolverines just wrapped up a decent 9-4 season. However, thanks to the Sherrone Moore scandal, losses to the NFL Draft, and significant transfers out of the program, new head coach Kyle Whittingham has some work to do with getting the roster right in Ann Arbor.

Kerry Coombs' return Michigan football special teams coach is hardly a surprise, given his ties to new coach Kyle Whittingham's predecessor at Utah.