Michigan is apparently preparing to put the full-court press on Jim Harbaugh this weekend.
FOX college football reporter Bruce Feldman says Michigan brass and a search firm will be in the Bay Area this weekend as part of their pursuit of the coach.
Harbaugh is still under contract through 2015, but it is widely expected that he will not be back with the 49ers next season. His split with the team is expected to be announced within a few days after the season ends Sunday.
Harbaugh’s 49ers host the Arizona Cardinals in the afternoon Sunday. We doubt that the focused coach will meet with Michigan’s representatives for any significant amount of time as he prepares for his last game, but they will be close enough to meet with him perhaps as early as Sunday night.
Though Harbaugh would certainly return Michigan to the upper-echelon of college football, the school cannot push him to take the position. If Harbaugh’s heart is not in the job, things will not go well. And after seeing what Harbaugh reportedly did in 2011, there’s no reason to believe he won’t do it again.
