Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore announced Monday that Biff Poggi will serve as Michigan's interim head coach while Moore serves a self-imposed two-game suspension for his role in the program's sign-stealing scandal.
Moore guided Michigan to a 34-17 win over New Mexico in Week 1 and a 24-13 loss to then-No. 18 Oklahoma, his alma mater, in Week 2. Over the next two weeks, Poggi will lead the Wolverines against Central Michigan – the program that allowed Connor Stalions to infiltrate its sideline in disguise with CMU apparel, sunglasses and a bench pass – and Nebraska, the latter coming on the road in Lincoln.
Poggi is in his third stint at Michigan in 2025. He worked as an analyst in 2016, then became the head coach at Saint Frances Academy (Maryland) from 2017–20. Poggi returned to Ann Arbor as associate head coach from 2021–22 before taking the head job at Charlotte from 2023–24. Poggi returned to Michigan as associate head coach this offseason.
Moore’s suspension stems from Michigan’s off-campus scouting violations. He deleted 52 texts with Stalions that investigators later recovered. While the messages didn’t show that Moore knew the full extent of Stalions’ actions, the NCAA still issued him a two-year show-cause penalty. It also accepted his self-imposed two-game suspension for 2025 and added a one-game suspension for Michigan’s 2026 season opener.
“The provisions of this suspension require that Moore not be present in the facility where the contests are played and have no contact or communication with football coaching staff members or student-athletes during the suspension period,” the NCAA’s report stated.
“For the 2025-26 season, the prohibition includes all coaching activities for the period of time that begins at 12:01 a.m. on the day of the first contest from which he is suspended and ends at 11:59 p.m. on the day of the last contest of that season’s suspension… During that period, Moore may not participate in any coaching activities, including but not limited to team travel, practice, video study, recruiting and team meetings.”
