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Kyle Whittingham’s ‘train wreck’ and Morgan Scalley’s seamless transition

By Deseret News · October 8, 2026 · 1 min read
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For better or worse, the fortunes of Utah’s new head coach Morgan Scalley and Michigan’s new head coach Kyle Whittingham are linked. Whittingham coached Scalley as a player, then gave him his first coaching job, little knowing that he was also hiring the guy who would take his job 20 years later.

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