The NCAA placed Michigan under three years of probation for coaching and recruiting violations on Tuesday. The penalties are unrelated to the sign-stealing scandal that occurred last fall.
According to an NCAA statement, Michigan and five current or former football staffers have reached an agreement with the NCAA regarding coaching and recruiting violations and their appropriate penalties.
The agreed-upon penalties for Michigan include three years of probation, a fine and recruiting restrictions. The five individuals agreed to one-year show-cause orders.
The violations committed by Michigan and its staffers include impermissible in-person recruiting during a COVID-19 dead period, impermissible tryouts and “the program exceeding the number of allowed countable coaches when noncoaching staff members participated in on- and off-field activities,” the statement read.