Reports: Michigan, Harbaugh reach deal
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}(SportsNetwork.com) - Michigan appears to have its man.
According to multiple reports, Jim Harbaugh has agreed to become the new head football coach at the University of Michigan, ending weeks of speculation over where he would coach next season.
Though it hasn't confirmed the reports, Michigan said it will hold a news conference at noon ET on Tuesday to make a major announcement.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Harbaugh arrived in Detroit on Monday.
"I think we'll have some comments tomorrow," he said after being approached by the university's student newspaper, The Michigan Daily.
Earlier reports said the 51-year-old would sign a six-year, $48 million deal.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A former Wolverines quarterback, Harbaugh parted ways with the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday after four seasons, a move the team called mutual and one that was long seen as imminent even after he led the team out of a down period to a Super Bowl appearance.
At Michigan, Harbaugh would replace Brady Hoke, who was fired on Dec. 2 after four seasons. Interim athletic director Jim Hackett said that was long enough for Hoke to produce the kind of results the school expected from the program, but didn't see.
Hoke was 31-20 coaching the Wolverines, losing more games each year following an 11-2 debut in 2011.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Harbaugh played for legendary Wolverines coach Bo Schembechler from 1983-86, then spent 14 seasons as a quarterback in the NFL, half of them with the Chicago Bears.
He was hired by San Francisco in January 2011 after four successful seasons as the head coach at nearby Stanford and turned a losing 49ers team into a winner that made three consecutive NFC Championship Games.
Harbaugh's Niners lost the Super Bowl to his brother John's Baltimore Ravens in February 2013.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}With one year left on his contract, he guided the Niners to an 8-8 record this season amid swirling rumors over his job security.