On the high end, he’ll have UM in the College Football Playoff, as a middle-tiered coach, in terms of pay rate. This year, he’ll likely have another 10-win season - after beating up on Maryland this weekend - and he’ll have his team in a major bowl game. That renegotiation basically said UM was losing faith in Harbaugh, who had three 10-win seasons entering 2020. I want him to move forward and build this and continue to drive us to have success in football.” And so did I put a number to his first year? The answer is no. Nobody wants to win more than Jim in football and me overall. “Given the contract, obviously, I am willing to be patient, but he and I understand that we need to win,” Manuel said in March, via The Detroit Free Press. Was it a short-term fix splashed with a dash of ultimatum?īut Manuel wasn’t viewing it that way when he approved the deal. There was no way Harbaugh was leaving, but he did accept a 4-year extension with a low-ball offer, courtesy of Wolverines AD Warde Manuel, who was probably feeling pressure in regard to the performance of his luxury-priced football coach.įrom roughly $9 million per season, all the way down to a base salary of a shade under $4.5 million - talk about a downgrade, and talk about a slap in the face. In 2015, he assumed control at Michigan, signing a mega-deal that was worth roughly $9 million per season - and then 2020 happened.Īfter finishing 2-4, Harbaugh’s future at Michigan was questioned by people who really didn’t know the score. Once upon a time, Jim Harbaugh was one of the highest-paid coaches in college football.
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