Two former Michigan assistant coaches received show-cause penalties from the NCAA on Monday for recruiting violations they committed during their time with the Wolverines.
Former Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter received a one-year show-cause order while former Michigan secondary coach Steven Clinkscale received a two-year show-cause order from the NCAA as a negotiated resolution stemming from the Notice of Allegations Michigan received in January 2023 regarding recruiting violations within the program.
Minter admitted to “multiple impermissible early recruiting communications with a prospect prior to June 15 of his sophomore year of high school.” Per the NCAA’s announcement, “Minter was aware that these communications were impermissible but did not report the violations to the school’s compliance department.”
Clinkscale provided “impermissible benefits” to prospects and/or their families during their recruitment and “failed to fully satisfy his obligation to cooperate with the investigation when he did not provide complete information during an interview, though he eventually acknowledged the violations and his involvement in them.”
The show-cause orders restrict Minter from working with an NCAA athletics program for one year and Clinkscale from working with an NCAA athletics program for two years. Both of them left Michigan alongside Jim Harbaugh after the 2023 season to join his staff with the Los Angeles Chargers, where they hold the same roles they previously held at Michigan.
Harbaugh received a four-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA in August after the Committee on Infractions determined he ”violated recruiting and inducement rules, engaged in unethical conduct, failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations.”
The show-cause penalties issued to Harbaugh, Minter and Clinkscale are separate from the NCAA’s ongoing investigation into the sign-stealing scheme orchestrated by former Michigan analyst Connor Stalions.
