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Opinion: University of Michigan should comply with Jim Harbaugh's contract requests

clayton-sayfieby:Clayton Sayfie01/21/24

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Michigan HC Jim Harbaugh and AD Warde Manuel
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Michigan Wolverines football head coach Jim Harbaugh may get everything he's looking for in the form of a contract extension offer from U-M and still head to the NFL. The pull of competing for a Lombardi Trophy in a league that he's had immense success coaching in — with 49 wins over four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers from 2011-14 — may be too great to keep him in Ann Arbor, after leading the Maize and Blue to their 12th-ever national championship earlier this month. But here's why U-M would be wise to comply with Harbaugh's contract requests...