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A familiar face is reportedly favored to be next in line at Michigan if Jim Harbaugh ends up leaving the spot vacant.
Per sports columnist Dave Briggs, SportsBetting.ag has released its odds for who will be the Wolverines head coach in Week 1 of 2024. Led by Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck at 5-1:
From @SportsBettingAG: If Harbaugh isn’t the coach at Michigan next year … pic.twitter.com/L1uT4k8VC6
— Dave Briggs (@DBriggsBlade) October 30, 2023
When it comes to the top 10 names that could take over for Harbaugh, who is +175 to leave for the NFL, a number of big coaching names are on the docket. Including Colorado’s Deion Sanders (10-1) and even former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer (9-1).
Harbaugh’s 2023 season has been embroiled in scandal starting with his self-imposed three-game ban to start the year and now Michigan’s alleged sign-stealing operation that’s taking over college football.
It feels eerily reminiscent of Pete Carroll’s final year at USC before bolting to the NFL to coach the Seahawks.