It appears as if Michigan will be without football head coach Jim Harbaugh for several games this season.

The NCAA and Harbaugh are “working toward” an agreement under which he is “expected” to be suspended for four games this season for giving false statements to NCAA investigators, Yahoo Sports reported Tuesday.

The report said the resolution is preliminary and must be approved by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

The investigation was launched due to allegedly dishonest statements Harbaugh made to NCAA staff about recruiting violations at Michigan.

Harbaugh initially “refused to admit that he lied to NCAA staff” and has since “maintained he didn’t recall the events when first speaking with investigators but that he was never purposefully dishonest,” according to the report.

The original investigation stemmed from several relatively minor violations, including meeting two recruits during what was supposed to be a dead period due to COVID-19, coaches watching player workouts on Zoom and texting a recruit at a time when it wasn’t allowed.

Harbaugh’s alleged untruthfulness about the matters turned out to be a far more serious infraction than what he supposedly lied about in the first place.

Throughout the process, Harbaugh claimed that he did not lie, but had suffered bouts of forgetfulness.

According to The Athletic, Michigan assistants Sherrone Moore and Grant Newsome will also receive one-game suspensions.

Michigan will open its football schedule with four straight home games, versus East Carolina, UNLV, Bowling Green and Big Ten foe Rutgers.

The Wolverines are coming off a 13-1 season, in which they vanquished rival Ohio State for a second consecutive year en route to a Big Ten championship.

Michigan lost in the College Football Playoff semifinals to TCU at the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve.