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Kyle Whittingham will be the next head coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team, taking over for Sherrone Moore, who was fired earlier this month.

Michigan is finalizing a deal to hire Kyle Whittingham as the school's 22nd head football coach, a source told The Detroit News on Friday. The deal reportedly is for five years.

He'll take the place of Sherrone Moore, who was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a university employee and was fired from his role.

On Saturday evening, less than 24 hours after officially being named head football coach at the University of Michigan, Kyle Whittingham made his first public appearance, albeit a very brief one.

Four-star defensive back Jamarion Vincent headlines the early enrollees on the defensive side of the ball. The 6-foot-2, 165-pound cornerback from Waco, Texas, was recruited by former Michigan defensive backs coach LaMar Morgan, yet followed through with his signing and arrived on campus this week.

Former Longview Lobo running back Taylor Tatum announced he is transferring to the University of Michigan on Thursday. Tatum finished high school as Longview’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns before he committed to the University of Oklahoma.

Kyle Whittingham and his Michigan Football coaching staff are being forced to answer tough questions quickly. Here are 5 questions they’ll need to answer soon: