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Michigan will face recruiting restrictions and
pay a fine in relation to violations from five current or former
football employees.
The penalties include a one-year show-cause order for all five
individuals.
"Today's joint resolution pertains to the University of Michigan
Athletic Department and several former and current employees,"
Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. "We
are pleased to reach a resolution on this matter so that our
student-athletes and our football program can move forward. We
have no additional information and cannot comment further on
other aspects of the NCAA's inquiries."
The NCAA said that former coach Jim Harbaugh -- who guided the
team to the College Football Playoff title in January -- isn't
part in the agreement.
"The agreed-upon violations involve impermissible in-person
recruiting contacts during a COVID-19 dead period, impermissible
tryouts, and the program exceeding the number of allowed
countable coaches when noncoaching staff members engaged in on-
and off-field coaching activities (including providing technical
and tactical skills instruction to student-athletes)," the NCAA
said in a statement.
"The negotiated resolution also involved the school's agreement
that the underlying violations demonstrated a head coach
responsibility violation and the former football head coach
failed to meet his responsibility to cooperate with the
investigation. The school also agreed that it failed to deter
and detect the impermissible recruiting contacts and did not
ensure that the football program adhered to rules for
noncoaching staff members."
Harbaugh is now the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.
"I filed a lengthy response to the (Notice of Allegations) on
behalf of Coach Harbaugh, which unfortunately hasn't been made
public and will probably never see the light of day," Tom Mars,
Harbaugh's attorney, told ESPN. "That concluded Coach Harbaugh's
participation in the case."
Harbaugh served a three-game suspension at the beginning of the
2023 season after the NCAA felt he made false statements during
the investigation. Then-offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore
served a one-game suspension. Moore is now the Wolverines' head
coach.
Tuesday's developments are unrelated to the Michigan
sign-stealing investigation. That case is ongoing. Harbaugh also
served a three-game suspension in that case.
--Field Level Media
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