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.

The 2-4 slog through a truncated schedule last fall included embarrassing losses and a string of cancellations, leaving Michigan mired at its lowest point in Harbaugh’s tenure.

While Connor Stalions and his sign-stealing operation at Michigan took center stage Friday, there was a behind-the-scenes feud bubbling over between Jim Harbaugh and the school’s compliance department in 2023.

Jim Harbaugh was given a 10-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA and Stalions got 8 years for the Wolverines' advance scouting scheme.

Also in the Michigan case, the COI ruled a 10-year show-cause penalty for Jim Harbaugh and an 8-year show-cause penalty for Connor Stalions, sources tell me and Dan Wetzel.