Posted on 01/04/2011 3:08:43 PM PST by greatdefender
Michigan has fired football coach Rich Rodriguez after his third season ended with a school-record 38-point loss in the Gator Bowl, Fox 2 TV and the Detroit Free Press are reporting.
The report comes as Rodriguez is meeting with athletic director Dave Brandon on Tuesday. Members of the football team are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Rodriguez traditionally holds the meeting the night before classes resume each semester.
Rodriguez's wife, Rita, left the building shortly before 5 p.m. and told reporters she had been told nothing about her husband's job.
Michigan's Gator Bowl loss to Mississippi State knocked Rodriguez's overall record to 15-22 with college football's winningest program. He was 6-18 in Big Ten games, 0-6 against rivals Ohio State and Michigan State and 2-11 versus ranked teams in The Associated Press' Top 25 at the time of the game.
After the Gator Bowl, Rodriguez described his mood as "disappointed and frustrated, but not discouraged" after the Wolverines' loss left them 7-6. Michigan will owe him $2.5 million to buy out the final three years of his contract.
Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh, who played quarterback at Michigan, has been cited as a potential candidate to replace Rodriguez. But a source with direct knowledge of Harbaugh's thinking said Harbaugh is "highly unlikely" to accept the Michigan job if offered, the Detroit Free Press reported.
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Mike Leach is available.
They don’t have the guts to hire the Captain!
The SEC and my DAWGS gave a schooling to the state of Michigan on how you play football!!!
They sure did a lot better than the other SEC Dawgs.
ROLL TIDE
I think the Rich prooved that Michigan can’t run the spread. They need to gather all of their money together and get Les Miles to run the three yards and a cloud of dust offense.
Wrong Team
So did Appalachian St., so not much of a conquest anymore.
Feel sorry for him?
Pitt will probably hire him.
Amen! I’ll become a fan of whoever hires Leach. Of course, they’ll have to get Craig James’ permission.
Harbaugh is going pro.....
Michigan Wolverines looked like skunks on the field. The Wisconsin Badgers looked no better than skunks too. Big Ten College Teams looked like they were skunked all the way. Congratulations to the Horned Frogs and to the winners of the Gator Bowl
Yes, Pitt is close to Morgantown (WV) where Rich Rod ruled supreme, including against Pitt.
UConn would also like him.
The question is who wants to move to Michigan? It is equivalent to Beirut Lebanon
What happened to the Michigan football program? They were one of the best college football teams year after year. Now I cannot remember the last time they were ranked.
Is this really a surprise to anyone?
Where’s the guy with the ‘Nelson’ Ha’ Ha’.
I guess he can afford to sit out a year, then?
I don't know, but Michigan's basketball program was also once topnotch in the nation...until they got the thuggery/pimps out...now it's trash.
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