The NCAA issued a four-year show-cause order against Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh in relation to recruiting violations committed during his tenure at his alma matter, the University of Michigan, on Wednesday (August 7).
“A Division I Committee on Infractions panel determined former Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh violated recruiting and inducement rules, engaged in unethical conduct, failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations, resulting in a four-year show-cause order,” the NCAA announced in a news release .
In April, the NCAA confirmed a resolution reached between its enforcement staff, “Michigan and five individuals who currently or previously worked for its football program” on the alleged violations committed by the program, with the university agreeing that it failed to monitor its football program, with the committee confirming its resolution on April 16. Harbaugh, a former Michigan quarterback who coached the Wolverines to a College Football Playoff national championship before taking the Chargers’ head coaching job earlier this year, was reportedly not part of that agreement and his case was resolved separately.