March 27, 2026
By Griffin McVeigh, On3: New Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham considers a former program enemy one of his best friends — Urban Meyer. The relationship between the two stems back to Utah, where Whittingham was the Utes’ defensive coordinator under Meyer. Eventually, when Meyer left for Florida, Whittingham took over the program. To this day, they remain friends and discuss career moves.
Yes, even when Whittingham was in the process of taking the Michigan job. He says Meyer was completely on board with the idea. Meyer is somebody who takes the rivalry quite seriously, never losing to Michigan as Ohio State‘s head coach. Still, he appeared to swag Whittingham toward Ann Arbor.
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