Jim Harbaugh, Michigan Reportedly Finalizing Unique 5-one year, $20M Contract

Jim Harbaugh will reportedly dwell at Michigan.

Sever Baumgardner of The Athletic reported Thursday that Harbaugh is anticipated to signal a 5-year contract to dwell the head coach at Michigan, a deal that might possibly attend him in Ann Arbor in the course of the 2026 season.

The deal carries an anticipated inferior salary of $4 million but would possibly double with incentives, per Baumgardner. 

News of an extension must reach as no surprise, as Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports reported on Jan. 2 that the college become once optimistic an extension would be reached.

Harbaugh has compiled a 49-22 file over the direction of six seasons in Ann Arbor.

The contract extension comes on the heels of a disappointing 2020 advertising campaign, which noticed the Wolverines destroy 2-4.

While issues began off on a excessive allege with a blowout victory over then-No. 21 Minnesota within the season opener, Michigan’s season rapid spiraled out of management.

Michigan fell to unranked Michigan Sing—a crew that become once coming off a loss to Rutgers in its season opener—in Week 2. The Wolverines then obtained blown out by Indiana and Wisconsin before getting attend within the put off column against Rutgers, with a triple-beyond regular time victory on Nov. 21.

A 27-17 loss to the then-winless Penn Sing Nittany Lions on Nov. 28 injure up being the closing sport of the season for Harbaugh and Co., because the crew’s closing three games were canceled due to coronavirus-connected causes. 

As the Wolverines explore to set the 2020 advertising campaign within the attend of them as rapid as possible, they’ve made up our minds to movement ahead with Harbaugh.

When Harbaugh took over in 2015, Michigan become once coming off a 5-7 efficiency under Brady Hoke and had reached double digits within the put off column correct once within the old eight seasons. Hiring the susceptible San Francisco 49ers coach straight away helped this system get attend heading within the correct direction.

Michigan went 10-3 with a Citrus Bowl victory in Harbaugh’s first season in 2015. The next season, the Wolverines were on the verge of reaching the College Soccer Playoff for the predominant time ever before a loss to archrival Ohio Sing knocked them out of the Enormous Ten East bustle and indirectly the playoff bustle.

They took a foremost step attend in 2017, stumbling to an 8-5 file. The crew spoke back in 2018, even though, because it went on the mighty-hyped “Revenge Tour,” which noticed it employ a No. 4 rating into Columbus for the ordinary-season finale. Nevertheless once extra, the Buckeyes snide the Wolverines’ season.

Which can be the theme of Harbaugh’s tenure in Ann Arbor.

Harbaugh has recorded three 10-put off seasons in six years at Michigan, even though the Wolverines absorb never executed with fewer than three losses. Most notably, his teams absorb struggled in highlight games:

• 11-16 versus High 25 teams 
  
  
• 1-9 versus High 10 teams 
  
  
• 1-4 in bowl games

Allotment of these struggles might possibly even be attributed to rivalry games:

• 1-1 versus Notre Dame 
• 3-3 versus Michigan Sing
• 0-5 versus Ohio Sing 
  
  

Michigan has never received the East division under Harbaugh, let alone a conference championship. And as promising as some seasons looked as if it will probably be once in a while, it has never reached the CFP.

As Michigan struggled unhurried within the 2020 season, Harbaugh’s name began to appear within the rumor mill, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk reported in early December that he become once eyeing an NFL gig. In step with reporter John U. Viscount St. Albans, “at least” 5 NFL teams had expressed hobby in hiring the Wolverines coach.

In the close, even though, Harbaugh appears to be like to be attend teaching Michigan.