Institution: University of Michigan

Date: August 07, 2024

Violation Summary: 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. Michigan and five individuals who currently or previously worked for its football program earlier reached agreement with NCAA enforcement staff on violations concerning recruiting and coaching activities by noncoaching staff members that occurred within the football program. The school also agreed that it failed to monitor the football program. The committee issued a statement on April 16 confirming resolution of the case for the school and the participating individuals. The committee’s bifurcation of the case permitted those parties to immediately begin serving their penalties while awaiting the committee’s final decision on the remaining contested portion of the case. Harbaugh was not part of that agreement, so his case was resolved separately.

Penalty Summary: * Six show-cause orders * The institution shall pay a fine of $5,000 + 1% of its budget for the football program to the NCAA * Recruiting restrictions: a. The institution reduced the number of official visits to a total of 55 during April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.9 b. The institution prohibited unofficial visits for two home games of the 2023 football season. The institution shall prohibit unofficial visits for two weeks during the 2024-25 academic year. c. The institution shall prohibit all recruiting communications for a total of four weeks between April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. d. The institution prohibited the head football coach from all off-campus recruiting during the September 1 through November 26, 2023, evaluation period. e. The institution prohibited off-campus recruiting for assistant football coach for two weeks during the April 15 through May 31, 2023, spring evaluation period. f. The institution prohibited off-campus recruiting for then graduate assistant football coach for a one-week period during the April 15 through May 31, 2023, spring evaluation period. g. The institution reduced the total number of evaluation days by 21 for the April 15 through May 31, 2023, spring evaluation period and reduced the number of evaluation days by four for the September 1 through November 26, 2023, fall evaluation period.

Involved Sports:
Football

Case Level: I

Involved Penalties:

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