Michigan Head Coach Search Rumors: 3 Coaches Joel Klatt Has His Eyes On

A week has gone by since Michigan fired Sherrone Moore, but it still hasn't found its next head coach. 

Several coaches have been linked to the Michigan job since it opened, with the likes of Alabama's Kalen DeBoer and Arizona State's Kenny Dillingham being among the more highly rumored candidates for the job. The search in Ann Arbor to find the next head coach, though, is still ongoing. So, let's dive into the latest rumors surrounding the Michigan job. 

FOX Sports lead college football analyst Joel Klatt believes that Michigan is targeting three people to become its next head coach: Alabama's DeBoer, Arizona State's Dillingham and Vanderbilt's Clark Lea. 

Yes, Klatt knows that DeBoer stated his commitment to Alabama on Sunday. However, he doesn't think the statement was ironclad. 

"It seems cut and dry," Klatt said on the most recent episode of his podcast, "The Joel Klatt Show." "Maybe I'm crazy. I don't know. Until there's ink on a contract, and he's signing an extension at Alabama, I think there's still going to be smoke in the air. So, we'll see what goes on with Kalen DeBoer."

Of course, the obstacle for Michigan to try and hire DeBoer, at the moment, is that he and No. 9-ranked Alabama are set to play No. 8 Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Friday. If Alabama wins that game, it would play Indiana in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. That's a day before the transfer portal opens, so possibly waiting for DeBoer would cause some complications on Michigan's end.

When the news broke of Sherrone Moore's firing at Michigan, Klatt had Lea and Dillingham on his list of three coaches he thinks could end up getting the job. Both coaches recently got extensions, with Dillingham receiving a deal following