ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Since the start of the year, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and his program have taken hits, from the NCAA alleging violations, to the firing of co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss, who is in the midst of an ongoing police investigation into computer-access crimes in the football building, and then there was Harbaugh’s NFL dance with the Denver Broncos.
Harbaugh is in his ninth season at Michigan, which opened spring practice on Monday, and he addressed a number of issues during a news conference Thursday.
Michigan was alleged by the NCAA to have committed several Level II violations during the COVID recruiting dead period in 2021, but Harbaugh is facing a Level I violation, the most severe, for allegedly lying to and misleading NCAA investigators. It is unclear at this point whether there will be a negotiated resolution with the NCAA, or if this will drag on for the next year.
