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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh won't be a part of ESPN's national title game coverage after all.

(Melanie Maxwell | The Ann Arbor News)

ANN ARBOR -- Jim Harbaugh won't be a part of ESPN's national championship game coverage after all.

ESPN expressed an interest in securing Harbaugh as a guest on its extensive pregame coverage of Monday night's Ohio State-Oregon national title game last week. And, originally, Michigan's new coach was interested.

However, his current schedule will not allow him to be in Dallas tonight, as a Michigan spokesman said Monday that the coach is still in Ann Arbor going through coaching staff interviews and processing.

Earlier Monday, Michigan announced the formal hiring of strength and conditioning coordinator Kevin Tolbert and new defensive line coach Greg Mattison. Michigan has also announced formal the formal appointments of new offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Tim Drevno and defensive coordinator/defensive line coach D.J. Durkin.

Jedd Fisch, reportedly the team's new wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator, and John Baxter, Michigan's expected new special teams coach, are officially registered employees of the school. As is expected defensive backs coach Greg Jackson. Though none of those hires have been formally processed by the school at this time.

Scout.com's Sam Webb reported Friday that former Michigan star Tyrone Wheatley will be the team's new running backs coach once processing is finalized.

FBS college football teams are permitted to employ nine full-time assistant coaches.

Ohio State and Oregon kickoff the national title game at 8:30 p.m. tonight on ESPN.

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