Why did Gary Moeller resign?

Gary Oscar Moeller was an American football coach best known as the head coach at the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1994. During his five seasons at Michigan, he won 44 games, lost 13 and tied 3 for a winning percentage of .758.

Moeller died on Monday, July 11 aged 81.

Moeller began his coaching career at the high school level, including Bellefontaine High School in Ohio as head coach and coaching defensive linemen for several years until joining Bo Schembechler at Miami University in 1967.

Moeller moved with Schembechler to Michigan in 1969, where he served as defensive ends coach until 1973, when he was promoted to defensive coordinator.

Moeller was head coach of the University of Illinois from 1977 to 1979.

Moeller spent 23 years associated with the Michigan football program and was one of 11 coaches in the school’s history to work with the program for more than 20 years, and one of five among those 11 individuals that served as head coach of the Wolverines (1990-94).

Moeller resigned as coach of Michigan in 1995.

Why did Gary Moeller resign? Moeller resigned in May 1995 after tapes were released of his alleged drunken outburst following an arrest on April 28, on a charge of disorderly conduct at the now-defunct Excalibur restaurant in Southfield, Michigan.