Overview
- University president Domenico Grasso announced Monday that Manuel told the school he will leave at the close of the 2026 calendar year and will stay on as a special advisor to help implement the review’s reforms.
- The university hired Jenner & Block to conduct two reviews after head coach Sherrone Moore was fired in December 2025 and investigators interviewed roughly 300 people and reviewed more than 20,000 records in a probe that cost about $11–12 million.
- The publicly released summary of the culture review said it found weaknesses in accountability, organizational structure, oversight, and reporting that allowed misconduct to go unaddressed at times, though it did not conclude misconduct was widespread.
- The review praised Manuel’s commitment to student-athletes but identified failures to quickly and effectively act on allegations by Athletic Department employees, and the university has announced steps to strengthen independent compliance and HR reporting.
- The university is withholding full reports and underlying records, litigation and public-records suits are pending, and Michigan’s leadership change and reform push follow a decade that combined multiple national titles with recurring off-field controversies.