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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior Writer
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Thursday that a mistake was made during the review process of the recent hire of the son of Bo Schembechler, who resigned last month after a bad social media activity.
Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler, 53, resigned just three days after he was hired as the team’s assistant director of recruiting. He admitted in a statement that he had engaged in “flippant behavior on Twitter,” which included many offensive and insensitive posts, including some that suggested slavery and Jim Crow had a positive edifying effect. of Black individuals and families.
“When I found out things that hurt — hurt me, hurt other members of our group — [we acted]”said Harbaugh, according to MLive.com. “We don’t want that mindset around.”
Harbaugh, who made the comments Thursday at a football camp at Wayne State University in Detroit, said Michigan has since parted ways with the third-party human resources firm that screened Schembechler.
“I read the report myself,” Harbaugh said. “We have a company that vets that — social media — and they come back and [cleared him]. We have a new company that does that 1685693259but they have to be better.
“I’ll take responsibility for that. If someone finds that one day, then we need to better ourselves.”
A school spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Thursday that the Michigan athletic department has changed its vendor that handles human resources background checks following Schembechler’s resignation.
“We currently use two background checks for vetting personnel in the athletic department, but are reevaluating the process going forward,” said David Ablauf, an associate athletic director for football communications. , in a text message.
Harbaugh played quarterback for Bo Schembechler at Michigan from 1982 to 1986.
“I’ve known Shemy for a long time, but there’s no sacred cow,” Harbaugh said. “This is not who we are – we are not.”
On May 17, Schembechler tweeted: “Couldn’t be more honored to be back home at @UMichFootball! #GoBlue always and forever!”
On May 20, the same day Schembechler’s Twitter account was deactivated, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel and Harbaugh issued a shared statement announcing Schembechler’s resignation.
It’s been a tumultuous offseason for Michigan, with several off-field incidents since its appearance in the College Football Playoff. In January, the NCAA sent Michigan a notice of allegations against Harbaugh for allegedly misleading NCAA enforcement staff looking into potential violations during the COVID-19 recruiting deadlock.
Later that month, Michigan announced it had fired co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss, who remains under investigation by university police for “a report of computer access crimes” at the football facility. school.
