{"id":94340,"date":"2026-03-13T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/ex-coach-chris-partridge-sues-michigan-football-warde-manuel\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:40:10","slug":"ex-coach-chris-partridge-sues-michigan-football-warde-manuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/ex-coach-chris-partridge-sues-michigan-football-warde-manuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-coach Chris Partridge sues Michigan football, Warde Manuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"85678708007\" title=\"How NCAA punished Michigan football for sign-stealing scheme\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/11\/25\/PDTF\/71705652007-1125023-umosu-1-hextra-3.jpg?crop=2397,1348,x1,y127\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\">\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>How NCAA punished Michigan football for sign-stealing scheme<\/p>\n<p>NCAA released punishment for Michigan football on Aug. 15, 2025, after its investigation into sign-stealing scandal orchestrated by Connor Stalions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/sports\/wolverines\/\">ex-Michigan football<\/a> coach is suing the University of Michigan, its athletic director, Warde Manuel, and the Board of Regents for wrongful termination from when he was fired in November of 2023.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Chris Partridge, who recently won a Super Bowl as a member of the Seattle Seahawks staff, filed a suit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, alleging Michigan \u201cunjustly terminated Partridge\u2019s employment and spread false and damaging information regarding his professional conduct,&#8221; according to the suit filed by attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abdnour.com\/\">Elizabeth Abdnour of East Lansing-based Abdnour Weiker LLP.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Partridge is seeking an undisclosed amount of money for damages.<\/p>\n<p>The Free Press recently obtained the 47-page document, which claims the University failed to provide due process, which led to &#8220;subsequent devastation to Partridge&#8217;s outstanding reputation as a football coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"85682613007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It continues to state despite Partridge being cleared by an NCAA report which stated there was insufficient evidence that interfered with the investigation, he&#8217;s &#8220;never been able to rectify the harm that Michigan\u2019s wrongful termination, the media firestorm against him, and Manuel\u2019s subsequent blacklisting have caused to his career.&#8221; The report says Partridge believes he can&#8217;t coach in college football because of this.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>When Partridge was fired, Michigan cited his failure to &#8220;abide by the University directive not to discuss an ongoing NCAA investigation with anyone associated with the Michigan Football Program&#8221; in a termination letter.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two years later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/college\/university-michigan\/wolverines\/2025\/08\/15\/michigan-football-ncaa-punishment-sign-stealing-sanctions-big-ten-jim-harbaugh\/84117689007\/\">NCAA released an in-depth report in August 2025 which handed down a number of penalties to Michigan<\/a>, including fines up to $30 million, probation, recruiting sanctions and a number of staffers who were given show causes all as a result of the investigation into the illegal scouting scheme.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">ON THE HARDWOOD: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/college\/university-michigan\/wolverines\/2026\/03\/12\/michigan-basketball-news-dusty-may\/89098345007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">10 reasons Michigan basketball had historic 2026 season in Big Ten<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for Partridge, the NCAA says while &#8220;questions remain about Partridge\u2019s knowledge of the impermissible scouting scheme, there is insufficient information to reasonably conclude that Partridge attempted to influence a student-athlete to lie about it to the enforcement staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Partridge was in his fifth season as a member of U-M&#8217;s coaching staff when he was fired. He was brought back Feb. 8, 2023, to begin his second tenure with the Wolverines when he was hired to be an analyst. Shortly after, U-M parted ways with then-linebackers coach George Helow and moved Partridge to coach linebackers.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Partridge previously served as special teams coordinator for four seasons (2016-19), before he became defensive coordinator at Ole Miss for three seasons (2020-22). He joined former Michigan defensive coordinator Mike MacDonald&#8217;s staff in Seattle in February of 2024.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2017\/08\/31\/Bergen\/NorthJersey\/636397957618115885-BX091-6ECB-9.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/5d4dfe95990c793d983c82a6536a29e9864f3ac6\/c=0-13-1023-782\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/08\/31\/Bergen\/NorthJersey\/636397957618115885-BX091-6ECB-9.JPG?crop=1023,769,x0,y13 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/fed93d625f4ed6686a3fee8ff090aac8c232dc7c\/c=197-0-828-841\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/08\/31\/Bergen\/NorthJersey\/636397957618115885-BX091-6ECB-9.JPG?crop=631,841,x0,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/b6d17e8ca8618996f610362b9a86cf651644c777\/c=0-14-1023-592\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/08\/31\/Bergen\/NorthJersey\/636397957618115885-BX091-6ECB-9.JPG?crop=1023,578,x0,y14 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Chris Pedota\/NorthJersey.com\" caption=\"Michigan assistant and former Paramus Catholic coach Chris Partridge.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The suit says Partridge was used as a &#8220;scapegoat&#8221; after he told a player it might be wise to get an attorney \u2212 the suit specifies Partridge &#8220;does not deny&#8221; he had that conversation with a player. The suit says there was never a directive given not to communicate with a student-athlete during an investigation, which says any such directive would&#8217;ve &#8220;brought [the season] to a screeching halt if none of the coaches could talk to any of the players until the NCAA investigation was concluded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contrary to misinformation communicated by the University Athletics Department and at least one member of the Board of Regents Partridge\u2019s termination, Partridge was not fired for destroying evidence or interfering with the NCAA\u2019s \u201csign-stealing\u201d investigation,&#8221; the suit states. &#8220;Nor was Partridge fired for telling a player to be dishonest in an NCAA interview.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Despite Partridge\u2019s unwavering commitment and success, the University of Michigan unjustly terminated Partridge\u2019s employment and spread false and damaging information regarding his professional conduct, tarnishing Partridge\u2019s hard-earned reputation and inflicting irreparable harm on to his career and personal well-being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p><em>Free Press investigative reporter Dave Boucher contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/staff\/9460771002\/tony-garcia\/\">Tony Garcia<\/a>\u00a0is the\u00a0Wolverines\u00a0beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. 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