Harbaugh to be honorary captain for U-M opener

• Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2024, 03:20 PM ET

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Jim Harbaugh will be back at Michigan Arena for the Wolverines’ season opener.The former Michigan coach has actually accepted an invite to be the group’s honorary captain for the Wolverines’Aug. 31 game against Fresno State. “I anticipate having him back in

Ann Arbor for that game,”Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in an interview on the”1 Star Recruits”podcast.Harbaugh left Michigan to take the head-coaching task with the Los

Angeles Chargers after leading the Wolverines to a national championship last season.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Previously today, the NCAA announced a four-year show-cause charge

for Harbaugh for

impermissible

contact with employees and players while gain access to was restricted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, efficiently banning him from training college football again till 2028. The NCAA claimed that Harbaugh”engaged in dishonest conduct, stopped working to promote an atmosphere of compliance and breached head coach duty obligations. “That case was separate from the NCAA’s investigation into impermissible in-person scouting and sign-stealing accusations from last season that led to a three-game suspension of Harbaugh by the Huge 10 Conference. The sign-stealing case is still open.On Thursday, Harbaugh deflected a question about the sanctions imposed versus him.” I’m stopping the engagement there with commenting,”he stated.”But my only hope is that a person day college athletics will have to do with what’s best for boys and young women who participate in it.

That’s really all I’ve got to say about it.”