Last season, Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended for the first three games of the season as a result of an NCAA investigation into alleged recruiting violations at Michigan, and now we know why Harbaugh specifically was suspended.
According to the Notice of Allegations obtained by the Detroit Free Press, Jim Harbaugh showed “dishonest conduct” when he was deemed to have given misleading answers to NCAA investigators when he sat down for an interview. This earned him a Level I violation – the most serious NCAA violation.
“The violations involved unethical or dishonest conduct and a failure to cooperate, which are presumed Level I and seriously undermined or threatened the integrity of the NCAA Collegiate Mode,” the NOA reads.
Harbaugh was ultimately suspended when the NCAA determined there was significant evidence that “that the institution did not (a) effectively deter and/or detect the football program’s impermissible in-person on-campus and off-campus interactions with prospective student-athletes and (b) ensure the football program’s compliance with non-coaching staff member legislation during the 2021 (redacted) period and on-campus evaluation restrictions.”
Harbaugh is obviously no longer the head coach at Michigan after he left the Wolverines to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL.
