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Reports: Rich Rodriguez Fired; Brady Hoke Top Candidate To Replace Michigan Coach

Now that Rich Rodriguez has reportedly been fired as Michigan Wolverines head coach (and with Stanford Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh reportedly no longer a candidate to replace him), San Diego St. Aztecs head coach Brady Hoke’s name is suddenly all over Michigan as a potential replacement.

The Detroit News lists Hoke as an alternative to Harbaugh, FOX’s Detroit affiliate lists Hoke alongside Harbaugh as being on a “list of candidates,” and Michigan Live approves of the potential Hoke hire, among others.

Hoke coached defensive line at Michigan from 1995 to 2002, leaving to take the head coaching job at Ball State, where he had played linebacker from 1977 to 1980. From there he moved to SDSU in 2009.

Born in Ohio, his only coaching jobs outside of the Midwest have been stints as Oregon State’s D line coach and the SDSU job. Other than that he’s coached all over Indiana, along with jobs in Ohio and Michigan. His brother is an assistant for the Chicago Bears — it really doesn’t get more Midwest than the Hoke family.

He has a 47-50 head coaching record, but both of his gigs have been turnaround projects. In six years he took Ball State from 4-8 to a 12-1 MAC title, and San Diego State improved by five wins and collected a bowl win in his second season.

For more on Hoke and Michigan visit Maize And Brew and SB Nation Detroit.

Report: Michigan Fires Head Coach Rich Rodriguez [UPDATE]

The Wolverine.com conflicts the initial report.  Reportedly Rich Rodriguez has not been fired.  A decision will be made tomorrow.  A players’ meeting scheduled for 7:00pm tonight has been moved to tomorrow at 4:00 pm.  Given what we know, TBL’s timeline still seems the most probable explanation offered at this point.

According to a MyFoxDetroit report, Michigan has fired head coach Rich Rodriguez. The report is anonymously sourced and scant on details. Dave Brandon has yet to name a replacement. With Harbaugh’s return unlikely, the favorite is now San Diego State coach Brady Hoke, unless this is merely phase one of AD Dave Brandon’s master-stroke. The seemingly endless cycle of disappointment, platitudes and excuses has ended.  It had nothing to do with him being a “Michigan Man.”  It had everything to do with him not winning.

Michigan finished 6-18 in the Big Ten during Rodriguez’ tenure.  In three seasons he went 1-14 against Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Penn State and Iowa.  Against FBS schools, the Wolverines progressed from 3-9 to 4-7 to 6-5.  This past season Michigan had arguably the worst Special Teams and Defense in Division I.  They had the worst turnover margin in the Big Ten.  Their at times explosive offense was handled by better defenses.

Rodriguez could have save his job with a competitive performance against Ohio State.  The team was comprehensively dismantled 37-7.  With a month to prepare to face  Mississippi State’s similar and less gifted version of his own offense, the Wolverines allowed 52 points.  They allowed 42 unanswered points from the first quarter onward.  His players didn’t win.  They weren’t competitive.  Despite every statement to the contrary, they weren’t motivated.

It’s not about what Rich Rodriguez did at West Virginia.  It’s what he did in the Big Ten, at Michigan.  At no point did his teams appear capable of beating quality Big Ten opponents or even competing with them.  This season showed few signs the Wolverines were progressing to that point, or that that progression could not be improved upon by another.

Michigan must rebuild the defense to be competitive.  Rich Rodriguez was not the most compelling candidate for that job. Admin