A letter addressed to the “University of Michigan Community” and signed by more than 100 former football players, coaches, and staff members in defense of late Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler was released Friday.
The letter includes names like Reggie McKenzie, who went on to be part of two Super Bowl victories; Jim Hackett, the former Michigan athletic director and president and CEO of Ford Motor Company; and Jack Harbaugh, the father of current Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh and a former assistant on Schembechler’s staff, attached at the bottom. Jim Harbaugh's name was not listed.
Last week, Schembechler’s son, Matt, and two former players said at a news conference that Schembechler knew that team doctor Robert Anderson was sexually assaulting players and did not stop the abuse.