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Michigan's Jim Harbaugh Takes Responsibility for Hiring Shemy Schembechler

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh took responsibility for the hiring of Glenn "Shemy" Schembechler, who resigned from his role as assistant director of recruiting last month after his improper social media activity was made public.

"Once I became aware of things that were offensive—offensive to me, offensive to other members of our team—[we acted]," Harbaugh said Thursday while speaking at a Sound Mind Sound Body football camp at Wayne State University, per Aaron McMann of MLive.com. "We didn't want that mindset around."

Schembechler's personal Twitter account was found to be "littered with dozens of 'liked' messages racist and offensive in nature, depicting slavery and Jim Crow laws as a positive for Blacks," according to McMann.