Sippin' On Purple · Dec 24, 2020
Would Fitz actually leave NU for the NFL?
Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports We’ve been here before. After firing Rich Rodriguez in 2011, Michigan football needed a new leader. Then-Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon moved quickly to request a meeting with Northwestern Head Football coach, Pat Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald promptly met with NU athletic director Jim Phillips, and after wooing the university administration with plans for new facilities he wanted, signed a contract extension through 2020. In 2017, he signed another extension that keeps him in Evanston through 2026.