08/07/2024

NCAA Punishes Jim Harbaugh for Recruiting Violations with a Four-year Sanction

The violations relate to how the Michigan Wolverines recruited players

The The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) hit former University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh with sanctions Wednesday — for recruiting violations and his dishonesty in an investigation into the violations, it said — which could keep him from coaching on the collegiate sidelines for four years.

Harbaugh, now the head coach of the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers, "engaged in unethical conduct, failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations" when he committed recruiting violations during the COVID-19 dead period and his subsequent lack of transparency into the investigation of the violations, the NCAA said Wednesday in a statement.

Harbaugh's violations included impermissible in-person contacts with student-athletes during the COVID-19 recruiting dead period, according to a NCAA infractions report, which was also released Wednesday.

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