Michigan self-imposed a three-game suspension for football coach Jim Harbaugh to begin the 2023 season, stemming from alleged violations committed during the COVID-19 dead period, the university announced Monday. «While the ongoing NCAA matter continues through the NCAA process, today's announcement is our way of addressing mistakes that our department has agreed to in an attempt to further that process,» athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. «We will continue to support coach Harbaugh, his staff, and our outstanding student-athletes.
Per the NCAA's guidelines, we cannot comment further until the matter is resolved.» Michigan said an announcement on an interim coach for the three games will be made at a later date.
Harbaugh will miss home games against East Carolina, UNLV and Bowling Green before making his return to the sideline for Michigan's Big Ten opener Sept.
23 against Rutgers. In July, he had seemingly been set for a negotiated resolution and a four-game suspension to begin the season, but the NCAA's infractions committee rejected the agreement earlier this month, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel.