Michigan's Harbaugh Gave Bonus Money to Athletics Staff

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University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh has made good on his late-November pledge that incentive bonuses he received for the football team’s 2021 success would be redirected to athletic department staff who had taken pandemic-related pay cuts.

Altogether, 210 employees received a combined total of just over $1.5 million, according to information USA TODAY Sports obtained from the university under an open-records request. Those employees had remained on the UM payroll as they accepted pay cuts over an 11-month period ending in 2021.

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