Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State
Yes, Dillingham talked about how much he loved Arizona State on Saturday, to the point that he started crying.
Leaving a place you call home can be an emotional experience, but if offered the chance to do that, my guess is that Dillingham would leave Arizona State for the Michigan football job.
This is Michigan. Dillingham knows what that means. He has a chance to win a national championship in Ann Arbor, and feels llike the kind of coach with the potential to achieve that.
In some ways, he's more risky than Fisch. Jedd has proven he can win in the Big Ten. Dillingham has had two good seasons in the Big 12. The Sun Devils did win a conference title, but you can't really call Dillingham a proven winner just yet.
DeBoer and Whittingham are different. They are proven entities. One doesn't seem likely to leave his current job. The other might be too long in the tooth.
That leaves Fisch and Dillingham. Either would be a solid hire. Dillingham feels like he has more upside. He's a dynamic leader, maybe a mixture of Jim Harbaugh and Dusty May, hard-nosed but also extremely intelligent. He also hasn't signed the contract extension that was talked about on Saturday, which has been on the table since the end of the season.
Dillingham is the guy I've wanted since day one, regardless of what DeBoer was going. The Arizona State head coach would be a home run, if the Wolverines can strike a deal.