Utah cornerbacks coach Sharrieff Shah had a tough decision to make, and not a lot of time to make it.
On Dec. 26, two weeks after stepping down at Utah following a 21-year run as head coach, Kyle Whittingham accepted one of the premier jobs in college football, becoming the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines.
It was just five days ahead of Utah’s New Year’s Eve Las Vegas Bowl clash with Nebraska, and many on Utah’s staff were being pulled in two different directions. While preparing for a bowl game, coaches had to decide to go with Whittingham to Ann Arbor or stay in Salt Lake City with new head coach Morgan Scalley…