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Former Michigan head coach Gary Moeller passes away at 81: Jim Harbaugh, Lloyd Carr react

Former Michigan football coach Gary Moeller passed away on Monday morning at 81 years old. Moeller won a Rose Bowl at Michigan as head coach, he won three Big Ten Championships, and spent over two decades with the Wolverines as either an assistant or head coach.

Below is the press release from Michigan Athletics, which has quotes from Lloyd Carr, Jon Falk, and Jim Brandstatter.

Gary Moeller, the longtime assistant and head coach for the University of Michigan football program passed away this morning (Monday, July 11). Moeller, 81, spent 23 years associated with the Michigan football program.