From coaching shirtless at satellite camps to appearing in Judge Judy’s gallery to sleeping at the home of a recruit, Jim Harbaugh has remained persistently bizarre. In a football world defined by conformity, he’s long been a proud outlier.
As Michigan’s fans and administrators alternately experience and endure Year 6 of the Jim Harbaugh Era, the situation around Harbaugh’s contract stands out.
Harbaugh is the only Power Five coach with less than two years remaining on his contract. Few even have less than three. With a winning percentage and a reputation that should have earned him an extension long ago, Harbaugh instead is inexplicably headed toward the end of his contract.