ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan scheduled a news conference Tuesday amid reports that
football coach Brady Hoke is out after four seasons.
Hoke and interim athletic director Jim Hackett scheduled a meeting earlier Tuesday, a person with
knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school had
not announced those details. The Detroit Free Press and other outlets reported Hoke had been fired,
citing sources they did not identify.
Since going 11-2 in Hoke’s first season as Michigan’s coach, the Wolverines have slipped each year. Over
the last three seasons, Michigan is 20-18. The Wolverines ended up going 5-7 this year, and Hackett took
over as the athletic director when Dave Brandon resigned at the end of October.
The Wolverines have missed the postseason three times in the last seven years under Hoke and Rich
Rodriguez, a run of mediocrity that once seemed unthinkable at one of the sport’s most storied programs.

This season has been particularly tumultuous in Ann Arbor. Hoke and Brandon both received criticism when
quarterback Shane Morris briefly played on after taking a violent hit in a game against Minnesota in
September. Morris was eventually diagnosed with a probable concussion.
The fallout from the underperforming Wolverines hit on Oct. 31 as Brandon resigned after four years as
athletic director. University President Mark Schlissel said at the time that the athletic department was
in great financial condition, but the results at the Big House have not measured up. Brandon, a former
CEO of Domino’s Pizza Inc. and a player under Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, was less than a year on
the job when he made the decision to fire Rodriguez after three seasons.
Hoke was hired then, and although he took Michigan to the Sugar Bowl in his initial season, the team has
not come close to those heights since.
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