football
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September 22, 2022
Stadium tunnel named in honor of former coach Lloyd Carr
The tunnel at Michigan Stadium will be named for Lloyd Carr, the retired Hall of Fame and national champion head football coach for the Wolverines.
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September 19, 2022
Football grad assistant continues to break barriers
Mimi Bolden-Morris is in her first year as an offensive graduate assistant with the Wolverines, the first female graduate assistant at a Power Five school.
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February 16, 2022
Jim Harbaugh, university agree to reworked contract
U-M and head football coach Jim Harbaugh have agreed to a new five-year contract that runs through the 2026 season.
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November 15, 2021
Bentley online exhibit explores the rich story of Willis Ward
An online exhibit at the Bentley Historical Library addresses the infamous benching of Willis Ward during a 1934 football game within a broader context of Ward’s family, community, campus and career.
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February 25, 2021
Michigan, Northwestern establish George Jewett Trophy
U-M and Northwestern University have announced the creation of the George Jewett Trophy, the first rivalry game trophy named for an African American player in Football Bowl Subdivision history.
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January 11, 2021
Former football players to share experiences with athletics, activism
Eric Mayes, co-captain of the 1997 national championship football team, will moderate “Intersection of Black Lives: Demystifying Black student and student-athlete experiences,” part of the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.
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January 8, 2021
U-M, Harbaugh agree on four-year contract extension
Athletic director Warde Manuel has announced that the university and head football coach Jim Harbaugh have reached an agreement on a contract extension that runs through the 2025 football season.
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December 8, 2020
Football game against Ohio State canceled due to COVID-19
The athletic department has announced the cancellation of the Dec. 12 football game at Ohio State due to an increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases and student-athletes in quarantine over the past week.
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December 2, 2020
Football game with Maryland canceled; practice paused
The U-M athletic department has paused football practices until Dec. 7, and the Dec. 5 game against Maryland has been canceled and will not be rescheduled, due to COVID-19-related factors.
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November 2, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.