Michigan football placed on probation, fined for recruiting violations after NCAA agreement

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The Michigan football program will spend the next three years on NCAA probation. The program will also have to pay a fine and face recruiting restrictions, per the terms of an agreement with the NCAA's enforcement staff.

On Tuesday, the NCAA announced that the university and five current or former members of the football staff accepted the deal, which stemmed from "recruiting violations and coaching activities by noncoaching staff members."

The infractions involved impermissible recruiting and coaching during the COVID-19 dead period. The NCAA sent a formal notice of allegations to the University of Michigan in December.

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The university faces four Level II violations. Level II violations typically carry less serious consequences than Level I violations. The violations in question initially surfaced in January 2023. Former football head coach John Harbaugh faced a Level I violation after he allegedly failed to cooperate with or possibly misled investigators. 

Texting during the dead period and allowing analysts to oversee both on-field workouts and activities virtually were among the violations that the NCAA named. 

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"The agreed-upon violations involve impermissible in-person recruiting contacts during a COVID-19 dead period, impermissible tryouts, and the program exceeding the number of allowed countable coaches when noncoaching staff members engaged in on- and off-field coaching activities (including providing technical and tactical skills