Michigan’s football sign-stealing scandal expanded in a troubling new direction on Friday, as the university fired an assistant coach who had been connected to the staff member at the center of the controversy involving an impermissible off-campus scouting scheme.
The dismissal of Chris Partridge, a recruiting guru who served as the team’s linebackers coach, came less than a day after Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh made a shocking pivot by agreeing to accept his three-game suspension from the Big Ten.
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