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By Michael Gallagher
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It’s been a week since the Michigan Wolverines fired head coach Sherrone Moore, and the school is no closer to finding his replacement.
The school was initially linked to Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer, but he’s since been bullish that he’s not leaving Tuscaloosa. Then Washington head coach Jedd Fisch was the betting favorite to land the job, but he’s since taken a dip with a new frontrunner surging on Wednesday.
According to betting market Kalshi, Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham is the new favorite for the Michigan job. His odds jumped from 17% to 33% while Fisch’s odds plummeted from 37% to 16%.
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Dillingham’s surge coincided with what he said on Tuesday when asked point-blank about his involvement in the Michigan search.
“I think my job is to do whatever I can for the people who are with me,” Dillingham said. “The people in the foxhole, the coaches in the foxhole with me. I got to do whatever I can to fight for those people, for my family, for everything from that perspective. I love it here. I’ve said that since day one. That’s absolutely never changing.”
Many analysts were quick to point out that Dillingham didn’t shut down the buzz surrounding him and Michigan and that he did a methodical job of side-stepping the question.
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Top college football insider Josh Pate believes that Dillingham is likely one of Michigan’s top candidates, and he seemed to allude to Dillingham playing into the situation on his show on Tuesday.
“You may have to read between the lines a little bit there,” Pate said. “But I’ll read between the lines for you. He knows that he’s on Michigan’s radar. I don’t think he has spoken to Michigan because I think there’s a pecking order in the Michigan coaching search – and I don’t know that Kenny is at the top, but I think he’s near the top.
“And I think that once those dominoes unequivocally fall…then I think maybe it’s Kenny Dillingham’s shot to listen…There’s a perception out there that Michigan need only pick up the phone and Kenny Dillingham is on the first thing smoking to Ann Arbor. I don’t find that to be the case. I think they’d have a reasonable shot at landing him.”
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