Jim Harbaugh Reportedly Gets Tough NCAA News on Friday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Jim Harbaugh, the former coach of the Michigan Wolverines, was dealt perhaps the most severe individual penalty in modern NCAA history this past Friday: a 10-year show-cause order from the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

On Friday, Harbaugh was issued a 10-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA as part of the Michigan advance scouting case. The governing body for college athletics found Harbaugh in violation of monitoring his program and failing to cooperate with investigators, both Level I violations.

"The NCAA found no evidence that Jim Harbaugh or Michigan coaches directed or had knowledge of low-level staffer's Connor Stalions' alleged off-campus scouting operation," Safie wrote on X. "Jim Harbaugh made a statement in October 2023 that he had no knowledge, and that's supported."

The University of Michigan's football program has officially been sanctioned following an NCAA investigation into the sign-stealing scandal involving former assistant Connor Stalions.

The NFL and the Chargers officially had no comment on the NCAA’s 10-year “show cause” order on head coach Jim Harbaugh when both parties were reached on Friday.

With Harbaugh, you also get Jim World. In Jim World, the coach is/was a man followed by both his loyal players and … his hand-raised chickens. His press conferences could veer into the stratosphere.

Chargers wide receiver Tre Harris finally broke out in the preseason Week 2 game against the Los Angeles Rams and head coach Jim Harbaugh was left impressed.

The NCAA just dropped the hammer on former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, handing him a record-setting 10-year show-cause penalty—the longest ever given to a head coach in college football history.