Warde Manuel when it comes to retaining coaches
John Beilein - can't agree to a contract extension - Beilein leaves for the Cavs without LeJuan
Eric Bakich - leads Michigan baseball to CWS final and wants baseball facilities upgraded to Group of Five standards (not even Power 5) - Warde disagrees - Bakich leaves for Clemson
Mel Pearson - told team to lie about COVID testing results before getting booted from the NCAA Tournament 2021, blackballed players who disagreed with coaching decisions, mistreated female hockey reporters - Manuel stood by him for almost a year citing "internal investigation" before public pressure to fire him became too great.
Men's Volleyball Coach - fired one year into a contract extension
Softball - legendary Carol Hutchens suddenly retires - rumor is she didn't want to deal with Manuel's bullshit anymore
Jim Harbaugh - no need for a long description
That's the five of the six highest profile coaches at Michigan that left for various reasons but it ultimately falls on the AD.
The sixth, Juwan Howard has cratered the basketball program. Dug McDaniel is suspended from road games only - no reason given by Howard or Manuel other than "breaking team rules." Once the team became more Howard's players as Beilein's players graduated, the team went from 33-8 in 2017-18 to it's current 8-17 record.
Why isn't Manuel's job in jeopardy as well? Manuel has the following degrees: Michigan Bachelor's of General Studies (
) '90, Masters of Social Work '93, and MBA ' 05. So, that Michigan Man bullshit.