Former 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has yet to coach a game in Ann Arbor, and he’s already facing an internal controversy.
Via Joe Schad of ESPN.com, Michigan defensive lineman Ondre Pipkins claims that Harbaugh and multiple members of his staff asked Pipkins roughly 10 times during two months to retire from college football due to a knee injury. While that would keep Pipkins on scholarship, it would open up one of the 85 total football scholarships for use on another player.
I feel I’m healthy and ready to play,” Pipkins said. “I don’t want to sign the form.