Michigan athletes are required to take the COVID-19 vaccine and must be fully vaccinated by the beginning of practices — no later than Aug. 1 — for the upcoming 2021-2022 season.
A two-page document sent in an email to athletes and their parents with a subject line, “Mandatory COVID Vaccine Policy for Athletics” on June 17 and obtained by The Detroit News listed several justifications for requiring the vaccine, as well as some exemptions. All coaches and staff in close contact with athletes and coaches during practices and games were to have received the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the single dose of the J&J vaccine no later than July 1.