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ORLANDO, Fla. — Over the last three weeks, the No. 18 Michigan football team has focused primarily for the upcoming Citrus Bowl against No. 13 Texas despite a flurry of developments within the program. An inevitability outside of the noise and preparation, though, is how the program will change in the offseason after the bowl game.

The Wolverines hired Kyle Whittingham as their new head coach under a 5-year contract. With any coaching change can come a coaching carousel, all the way from coordinators to position coaches. Michigan has already been reported to look at Utah offensive coordinator Jason Beck as a top candidate to fill that same position. Current Utes offensive line coach Jim Harding has also received social media buzz about leaving Utah to coach for the Wolverines — a position already filled by Michigan offensive line coach Grant Newsome.

But, only time will tell which coordinators Whittingham will choose to follow him or leave other programs to replace current coaches for the Wolverines. And that’s something the current Michigan roster has to grapple with in the back of their minds during the preparation over the next week.

“It’s a hard thing, because they have to also look at their players and make sure that they’re good, but they have families, they have lives too,” junior Bryson Kuzdzal said Saturday. “So everybody’s in their own situation, and at this point we always trust the university to put us all in a good position, whether that’s here or anywhere else, it’s just a lot of trust.”

The Whittingham hire begs the question, what will happen to all the current coordinators? As much as that pressing question could consume the thoughts of the current coaches, players in Michigan’s program acknowledge that every coach is still committed to preparing for the bowl game and setting Michigan on the right track.

“I know that they have our best interest and I wish the best for all of them too,” junior linebacker Cole Sullivan said. “It has been challenging for all of them. I’m just happy, I think they’ve done a good job for us. And I’m just extremely grateful.”

As the Wolverines prepare for the bowl game and move past the controversy of weeks past, that uncertainty may be in the back of players’ and coaches’ minds — but the focus is still on the bowl game. And a major emphasis for Michigan interim coach Biff Poggi and the current staff has been instilling fun in practice and maintaining a united front during a time of uncertainty.

“It’s just the relationship that we have with the staff,” Sullivan said when asked how the staff has held the team together. “We just see how much they care about us, how much trust we have in them, and how much trust they have in us.”

With about a week in Florida to prepare for the Citrus Bowl, Michigan and its staff are committed to tuning out the outside noise and preparing for the bowl game. By reinstilling fun and purpose to each practice, the Wolverines’ entire program is also committed to focusing on the now amid certain uncertainty.