On Friday, Harbaugh was issued a 10-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA as part of the Michigan advance scouting case. The governing body for college athletics found Harbaugh in violation of monitoring his program and failing to cooperate with investigators, both Level I violations.

Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh has been accused of a "cowardly" response to the NCAA punishment announced on Friday. The NCAA finally announced on Friday the punishment for Michigan's sign-stealing scandal.

Jim Harbaugh won’t be returning to college football anytime soon after the NCAA came down with a punishment for the University of Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal. He’s barred from coaching at the college level for 14 years, not that he has any plans of leaving the Los Angeles Chargers in the near future.