Michigan says 1,000th win should go to Jim Harbaugh, even if suspended - ESPN

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — There is a chance that Michigan gets its 1,000th win as a football program if the Wolverines can beat Maryland on the road Saturday. There is also a chance that coach Jim Harbaugh won't be on the sidelines for that game.

Harbaugh is awaiting a court hearing Friday that could determine if he and the university are granted a temporary restraining order that would reverse his three-game suspension from the Big Ten and commissioner Tony Petitti.

«I think it'd be incredibly disappointing [if Harbaugh was suspended Saturday],» defensive line coach Mike Elston said Wednesday. «I believe that of anybody, he's earned this opportunity to be with his team, to be a part of this victory.

»… For him not to be a part of that would be an absolute shame."

Offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore is the interim head coach on game days as Harbaugh serves his suspension, which stems from alleged in-person scouting and recording of games by former staffer Connor Stalions.

Moore very well could be the acting head coach that gets the historic 1,000th win if the Wolverines beat Maryland, but Moore doesn't want the credit if it happens.

«I definitely want Coach [Harbaugh] to be the coach when that happens,» Moore said. «I would say to me, and to everybody else, that would be his win. It wouldn't count as mine. He's the head coach of this football team and I'm just standing in there to make sure we don't mess it up.»

Moore was the acting head coach for the Wolverines' victory over Penn State last week and was emotional about the situation in his postgame interview. He had a few cuss words during the interview and said he has since apologized to his mother and grandmother, but he added that everyone on that team felt the same