A national report names 6 potential Michigan coaching candidates as the search continues, though sources caution the target list is still forming.

Eli Drinkwitz and Clark Lea are two other SEC coaches having success. Michigan would be a level up. A top-10 college football job is on the market. The timing of the opening is not ideal. Neither are the circumstances.

Kalen DeBoer's name has been mentioned as a potential candidate to take over Michigan's football program following the firing of head coach Sherrone Moore, but he reiterated Monday he does not plan on leaving Alabama.