Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers are one step closer to parting ways with recent reports indicating that Harbaugh is on the verge of accepting a job offer from the University of Michigan. Hit the jump for details.

Via CBS Sports:

Michigan fans may get their Christmas wish, the return of Jim Harbaugh to the Wolverines as the team’s next coach, after all. While conflicting reports have different details regarding the length or dollar amout of Michigan’s offer, Bleacher Report’s Jason Cole reported Saturday that San Francisco 49ers staff members are expecting Harbaugh to leave the NFL and take the Michigan job.

Two members of the San Francisco 49ers staff and a third NFL source said Saturday they expect 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh to accept a six-year, $48 million contract to become the head coach of the University of Michigan.

“That’s what everybody on staff believes is going to happen this week,” one of the sources said. “Jim has figured out that his style is best-suited for the college game. His shtick works better with young guys who are gone after three or four years.”

Harbaugh will finish the 2014 season with the 49ers on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.

Michigan fans have been hanging on every word of every update about Harbaugh in hopes that the former Wolverines quarterback will come home to Ann Arbor. Those reports and rumors have continued to suggest a Harbaugh return.

According to Fox Sports’ Bruce Feldman, Michigan’s decision-makers are in the Bay Area this weekend, preparing to meet with Harbaugh immediately after he parts ways with San Francisco.
247Sports, citing a source close to the situation, wrote Saturday that “it would take something catastrophic for Jim Harbaugh to not be the next head coach at the University of Michigan.”