The NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions panel slapped former Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh with a four-year show-cause order and one-year suspension, it was announced Wednesday.

The panel concluded Harbaugh, now the coach of the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers, violated recruiting and inducement rules, engaged in unethical conduct, failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations.

The violations center around impermissible recruiting contacts and inducements during the COVID-19 dead period. Throughout the investigation, Harbaugh denied involvement in the violations, which – according to the panel – “were overwhelmingly supported by the record.” Harbaugh also refused to participate in a hearing before the committee.

Harbaugh’s violations of the COVID-19 recruiting dead period are Level II violations. However, his unethical conduct and failure to cooperate with the membership’s infractions process are Level I violations.

The show-cause order is from Aug. 7, 2024, through Aug. 6, 2028.

Michigan and five individuals who currently or previously worked for its football program earlier reached agreement with NCAA enforcement staff on violations. 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.

Harbaugh was not part of that agreement, so his case was resolved separately.

According to the panel, due to Harbaugh’s personal involvement in the violations and his failure to monitor his staff, he could not rebut the presumption, resulting in a violation of head coach responsibility rules.

The panel noted that “Harbaugh’s intentional disregard for NCAA legislation and unethical conduct amplified the severity of the case” and prompted the panel to classify Harbaugh’s case as Level I-Aggravated.

In the show-cause order is a one-season suspension for Harbaugh.

If hired during the show-cause order, Harbaugh would be suspended for the first season of employment. The results of those contests during Harbaugh’s suspension would not count toward his career coaching record.

Meanwhile, Harbaugh and current head coach Sherrone Moore are named in a draft of the NCAA Notice of Allegations involving both the Connor Stalions sign-stealing case as well as unrelated recruiting violations, ESPN is reporting.

The NOA draft alleges that Moore — the former Wolverines offensive coordinator who replaced Harbaugh as head coach after the 2023 season — deleted a thread of 52 text messages to and from Stalions, the former Michigan staffer who allegedly set up and executed the scheme to steal opponents’ signals. ESPN obtained the NOA draft, which could be subject to change.

Harbaugh — who was suspended for the final three regular-season games of 2023 in the Stalions flap after also serving a three-game suspension to start the season for unrelated recruiting violations — left in January to become head coach of the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers.

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