High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team`s head football coach was Rich Rodriguez. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The 2008 season marked Rodriguez`s first season as Michigan head coach, having replaced longtime head coach Lloyd Carr following Carr`s retirement at the end of the 2007 season. Rodriguez installed a spread option offense, a marked departure from Michigan`s prior offensive approaches.