Sources: Unofficially, It's Official; Harbaugh to Head U-M Wolverines

The University of Michigan is expected to announce Jim Harbaugh as the new head coach for the Wolverine football program on Tuesday. (Photo via Creative Commons)

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The thunder is gone in Tuesday’s expected announcement of the new head football coach for the University of Michigan Wolverines football program:

That’s unless Jim Harbaugh isn’t announced as a replacement for fired head coach Brady Hoke.

Harbaugh, who officially parted ways with the San Francisco 49ers after Sunday’s game, is remaining coy, but a university official close to the situation told the Detroit Free Press the deal with Harbaugh will be announced Tuesday.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted that “Michigan has told its biggest boosters a deal for Jim Harbaugh is done and a press conference is scheduled for Tuesday …”

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Despite that, teams like the Chicago Bears, New York Jets and Oakland Raiders – all looking to make coaching changes – are continuing to court Harbaugh.

The yet-to-be-signed six-year contract with Michigan is reportedly worth $49 million, which would make Harbaugh the highest-paid coach in college football.

Harbaugh turned down the Michigan job in 2011 to make the jump to the NFL.

The job would be a homecoming for Harbaugh, who was a quarterback for Michigan from 1993-1996, before going on to a long NFL career. He is a Palo Alto, CA, native, but spent part of his childhood in Ann Arbor.

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