Kyle Whittingham
American football player and coach (born 1959)
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- Kyle David Whittingham (born November 21, 1959) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Michigan.
- Whittingham served as defensive coordinator of the Utes for ten seasons prior, having spent 32 consecutive seasons with the program.
- Playing career A graduate of Provo High School, Whittingham was all-state at linebacker and fullback and earned two letters in baseball for the Bulldogs.
- His father, Fred, was BYU's linebacker coach, and later the defensive coordinator, under longtime head coach LaVell Edwards.
- Whittingham played in the first four Holiday Bowls; he was a running back as a freshman in the inaugural and a linebacker in the next three, during which he recorded 27 tackles.
Kyle David Whittingham (born November 21, 1959) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Michigan. He previously served as the head coach at the University of Utah from 2005 until 2025, and is the all-time leader in wins for the program. Whittingham served as defensive coordinator of the Utes for ten seasons prior, having spent 32 consecutive seasons with the program. He won AFCA Coach of the Year and the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award after leading the 2008 Utah team to an undefeated 13-0 season.
Playing career
A graduate of Provo High School, Whittingham was all-state at linebacker and fullback and earned two letters in baseball for the Bulldogs. He remained in Provo and played college football for the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars from 1978 through 1981. His father, Fred, was BYU's linebacker coach, and later the defensive coordinator, under longtime head coach LaVell Edwards. In his senior season in 1981, he was the WAC Defensive Player of the Year, and the defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl. Whittingham played in the first four Holiday Bowls; he was a running back as a freshman in the inaugural and a linebacker in the next three, during which he recorded 27 tackles. In 2009, he was inducted into the Holiday Bowl Hall of Fame.
Whittingham graduated from BYU in 1981 and went on to play linebacker for the Denver Gold and New Orleans Breakers of the USFL and the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL. He also played for the Los Angeles Rams' replacement squad in 1987.
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