Biff Poggi

Francis Xavier "Biff" Poggi (/ˈpoʊdʒiː/; born June 6, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the interim head coach at the University of Michigan, a position he was promoted to after the firing of head coach Sherrone Moore. Biff rejoined the program in 2025 at the same role he held from 2021 to 2022.^[1] From 2023 to 2024, he was the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.^[2][3] Poggi also coached over twenty years of high school football at Gilman School (1996–2015) and Saint Frances Academy (2017–2020) in Baltimore.^[4]

Biff Poggi

Poggi in 2023
Current position
Title	Interim head coach
Team	Michigan
Conference	Big Ten
Record	2–0[n 1]
Biographical details
Born	(1960-06-06) June 6, 1960 (age 65) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Playing career
1979	Pittsburgh
Position	Offensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987	Brown (assistant)
1987	Temple (assistant)
1987	The Citadel (assistant)
1988–1995	Gilman School (MD) (OC/OL)
1996–2015	Gilman School (MD)
2016	Michigan (analyst)
2017–2020	Saint Frances Academy (MD)
2021–2022	Michigan (assoc. HC)
2023–2024	Charlotte
2025–present	Michigan (associate/interim HC)
Head coaching record
Overall	8–16 (college)

Early life and playing career

Poggi graduated in 1979 from Gilman School in Baltimore.^[5]

College coaching career

Poggi got his first win as an NCAA head coach against South Carolina State in his first game on September 2, 2023.^[6][7] Poggi recorded his first FBS and conference win on October 21, a 10–7 road win over in-state rival East Carolina.^[8] Charlotte fired Poggi with two games remaining in the 2024 season.^[9] Tim Brewster succeeded him as interim head coach.^[10] In 2025, Poggi returned to the University of Michigan as an associate coach under Sherrone Moore, a position he held there from 2021 to 2022 under former head coach Jim Harbaugh. He was first hired by the Wolverines as an analyst in 2016, serving for one season under Harbaugh before he returned to coach high school football the next four seasons.^[11]

During the 2025 season, Poggi served as the interim coach for Michigan's wins against Central Michigan and Nebraska in late September while head coach Sherrone Moore was serving a suspension.^[12] On December 10, Poggi was named interim coach for the 2025 Citrus Bowl after Moore was fired.^[13]

Personal life

In 1985, Poggi was engaged to Amelia Jean "Amy" Mix, a fellow member of Duke University's class of 1985.^[5] The couple were married on March 8, 1986, at St. Helena's Episcopal Church in Beaufort, South Carolina.^[14]

Before coaching football, Poggi was a hedge fund manager with his father-in-law. Poggi's company, Samuel James Limited, was founded in 1986 and made him a multimillionaire. After three decades, Poggi relinquished the firm over to multiple former players.^[15][16]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Charlotte 49ers (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024)
2023	Charlotte	3–9	2–6	T–11th
2024	Charlotte	3–7[n 2]	2–4[n 2]	[n 2]
Charlotte:		6–16	4–10
Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2025)
2025	Michigan	2–0[n 1]	1–0[n 1]	[n 1]	Citrus
Michigan:		2–0	1–0
Total:		8–16

^[17]

Notes

1. Michigan's head coach, Sherrone Moore, was suspended for the third and fourth games of the season, during which Poggi served as interim head coach.
2. Charlotte fired Poggi after the first ten games of the season. Tim Brewster was appointed interim head coach for the rest of the year. Charlotte finished the season 5–7 overall and 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for sixth in the American Athletic Conference.