The outcome included a 10-year “show cause” order against former Michigan coach, and current Chargers coach, Jim Harbaugh. Former Ohio State coach, and former Jaguars coach, Urban Meyer, believes that there should be an NFL suspension for Harbaugh.

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.

On Friday, Harbaugh was issued a 10-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA as part of the Michigan advance scouting case. The governing body for college athletics found Harbaugh in violation of monitoring his program and failing to cooperate with investigators, both Level I violations.

Former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, now with the Los Angeles Chargers, refused to offer his take on the NCAA's sanctions against Michigan for its sign-stealing scandal, which included a 10-year show-cause order against Harbaugh.

Jim Harbaugh is refusing to comment on the NCAA’s decision to fine the University of Michigan tens of millions of dollars and to suspend head coach Sherrone Moore for a third game due to the sign-stealing scandal that occurred during Harbaugh’s tenure at his alma mater.

"The NCAA found no evidence that Jim Harbaugh or Michigan coaches directed or had knowledge of low-level staffer's Connor Stalions' alleged off-campus scouting operation," Safie wrote on X. "Jim Harbaugh made a statement in October 2023 that he had no knowledge, and that's supported."

NCAA rules that Michigan engaged in a scouting scheme, but it did not impose a postseason ban. Jim Harbaugh is effectively banned from collegiate ranks until 2038.

Penalties were handed down by the NCAA to the Michigan Wolverines on Friday, effectively concluding the Wolverines' recent scandal involving inappropriate sign-stealing allegations during the Jim Harbaugh era in Ann Arbor.