No, he never wavered.

Alex Malzone remains committed to play football at Michigan beginning next season.

“I’m still 100% committed to Michigan,” said Malzone, a quarterback from Birmingham Brother Rice who is one of six remaining commitments for U-M’s 2015 recruiting class.

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“You have to commit to the school, not a coach. The college coaching carousel is crazy with coaches. It’s crazy. Last year was crazy and this year it’s going to be even more crazy.”

This is a story about the human side of that crazy, coaching carousel.

On Tuesday afternoon, Brady Hoke was fired as the Michigan football coach. And now, Hoke’s entire coaching staff is stuck in limbo, although each assistant coach will have the opportunity to interview with the new head coach. But that means there are wives and children stuck in limbo, too, waiting to find out how this will shake out.

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All of the current players are stuck in the same place, wondering what is going to happen, and so is this recruiting class, what’s left of it.

Malzone is the future of the program, at a time when the present is still uncertain. Malzone has no idea who his position coach will be. No idea what system Michigan will run. And no idea if the new head coach will even like him.

But he has faith that Michigan interim athletic director Jim Hackett will hire the right coach to replace Hoke.

“I know they are going to bring in the right guy to make the program better and bring it back to where it used to be,” Malzone said.

Malzone was never tempted to look elsewhere, even after five schools contacted him over the last few weeks, including Penn State and Indiana. “My parents and I talked about taking other visits,” Malzone said. “But I didn’t want to go anywhere else. Michigan was the place I have always wanted to go.”

His brother, Nick, is a sophomore at Michigan, studying economics. “I want to get into the business school, but I know it’s going to be tough,” Malzone said. “But that’s one of my big goals.”

Malzone will graduate early from Brother Rice and enroll early at U-M. “I have 12 days of high school left,” he said Wednesday afternoon, not that he’s counting the days or anything. “I move in on January 4. I have orientation on January 5. Classes start January 7.”

Hopefully, by that stage, Michigan will have a coach. But there’s no guarantee.

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On Tuesday night, just hours after Hoke was fired, Malzone went to Ann Arbor to watch the Wolverines play Syracuse in basketball. “I was obviously pretty disappointed to hear that coach Hoke was let go,” he said. “He’s just a great guy, and I felt he was a great coach.”

Hoke’s inability to develop a quarterback was one of the main reasons for his failure to win at Michigan. With the graduation of Devin Gardner, there is no telling who will start at quarterback next year. Shane Morris has the most experience. Last season, he completed 14 of 40 passes with three interceptions. And Russell Bellomy, who will be a senior, completed four of 21 passes with four interceptions in 2012.

Will Malzone get a shot to compete for the starting job during spring practices or will he be redshirted? Will the new coach try to sign another quarterback in this class? At this point, it’s impossible to say.

“He hasn’t reached his ceiling,” Brother Rice coach David Sofran said of Malzone. “If anyone can handle the Big House and a new coach and a new system, it’s Alex. He has the temperament to do well.”

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The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Malzone has started to receive all kinds of postseason accolades and is one of the top recruits in the state. “I’m going to miss Brother Rice, but I honestly can’t wait to get to Michigan,” Malzone said.

This much is certain: Malzone is a winner. He lost only one game in his high school career, leading Brother Rice to two state titles. “There are guys with strong arms out there,” Sofran said. “The thing that separates him is his decision making, reading the field, truly making progression reads, truly seeing the defense and changing the play. He had a good knack for making good decisions. I think that’s going to go a long way for him in college.”

Malzone is spending his last few days in high school training and working out, getting ready for spring ball at Michigan. “I want to get as ready as I can,” he said.

For what, he has no idea. He’s still in limbo, just like everybody else.

Contact Jeff Seidel: jseidel@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @seideljeff.