Jim Harbaugh leaves Michigan to coach Chargers

  • Kris Rhim, ESPNJan 24, 2024, 06:49 PM ET LOS ANGELES– Jim Harbaugh is leaving the nationwide champ Michigan Wolverines to coach the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers, the team announced Wednesday.Harbaugh’s offer is for 5 years, sources informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

    “The only task you begin at the top is digging a hole, so we understand we have actually got to earn our method,” Harbaugh said in a declaration. “… This company is putting in the work– investing capital, building facilities and doing whatever within its power to win. Great effort equals great outcomes, and we’re simply getting started.”

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    Harbaugh was considered amongst the most preferable candidates in this coaching cycle since of his success in both the college and professional levels. Since his head-coaching profession began in 2006 at the University of San Diego, Harbaugh has actually had success at Stanford and Michigan, and in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers.

    There’s likewise Harbaugh’s Chargers connection: He played quarterback for the team for 2 seasons (1999-2000).

    “Jim Harbaugh is football personified, and I can think about no one better to lead the Chargers forward,” owner Dean Spanos said in a statement. “The kid of a coach, brother of a coach and father of a coach who himself was coached by names like Schembechler and Ditka, for the previous two decades Jim has led hundreds of guys to success all over he’s been– as their coach. And today, Jim Harbaugh goes back to the Chargers, this time as our coach. Who has it better than us?”

    Spanos mentioned the rallying cry that Harbaugh leaned on during this season at Michigan, when he would yell, “Who’s got it much better than us?” to players. It’s a phrase he got from his father, Jack, as a suggestion to be grateful.WHO’S GOT IT BETTER

    winningest program to relevance after it slipped over several seasons under Brady Hoke and Rich Rodriguez following the retirement of nationwide championship-winning coach Lloyd Carr.The rival Ohio State Buckeyes had an eight-game winning streak against the Wolverines up until Harbaugh assisted them snap the streak in 2021, resulting in their first of three straight Huge 10 titles and College Football Playoff looks.Jim Harbaugh went 86-25 in his 9 seasons as Michigan while leading the Wolverines this season to their first national championship considering that 1997. Image by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire

    Following two straight losses in the semifinals, extending Harbaugh’s winless streak in championship game to 6, Michigan outlasted Alabama at the Rose Bowl this past season and pulled away from Washington to win the championship game with a school record 15-0 mark.

    “My love for Michigan, playing there and returning to coach there, leaves an enduring effect. I’ll constantly be a faithful Wolverine,” Harbaugh stated in his declaration. “I’m remarkably lucky to have actually been paid for the benefit of training at places where life’s journey has produced strong personal connections for me.

    “From working as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky alongside my daddy, Jack, and time as an assistant with the Raiders, to being a head coach at USD, Stanford, the 49ers and Michigan– each of those opportunities brought significance, each felt personal. When I bet the Chargers, the Spanos household might not have been more thoughtful or more inviting. Being back here seems like home, and it’s excellent to see that those things have not changed.”

    In spite of the supreme victory at Michigan, 2023 was a season filled with misfortune for Harbaugh, who served 2 three-game suspensions. He missed the very first 3 games due to an NCAA examination into alleged recruiting infractions in 2020, and he missed out on the last three games of the routine season following a sign-stealing scandal and the subsequent dismissal of team member Connor Stalions.In statements, University of Michigan president Santa Ono and athletic director Warde Manuel both said the Wolverines’ program had discussed a new agreement that would have made Harbaugh the highest-paid coach in college football.Win Pct.-x Yr. prior w/Harbaugh Michigan.417.781 49ers.375.688 Stanford.083

    .580 San Diego.800.829 x-Including playoffs > Set single-season win record with Harbaugh invested four seasons( 2011-2014 )as the 49ers’head coach, being called the NFL’s Coach of the Year in his very first season. He led the 49ers to Super Bowl XLVII, where they lost to the Baltimore Ravens, coached by his bro John.Harbaugh left the 49ers with a 44-19-1 regular record.The Chargers are arranged to play the Ravens next season at SoFi Arena, which now officially will be a match in between John and Jim Harbaugh.When Harbaugh took control of the 49ers, he was rebuilding a team which had actually tumbled from the NFL’s elite and missed the playoffs for 8 straight seasons.He will have a comparable difficulty with the Chargers, who completed 5-12 this season and have 3 playoff wins given that 2008. Another job for Harbaugh will be choosing the construction of the Chargers’lineup, as the group is predicted to be$27.5 million over the league income cap, according to ESPN’s roster management system.Harbaugh and the Chargers had actually been linked since the offseason began. Still, one of the possible obstacles for the Harbaugh-Chargers reunion was if Spanos was willing to pay Harbaugh a competitive income, one that would entice him away from Michigan and other NFL teams.Coach Win Pct.Record Guy Chamberlain.784 58-16-7 John Madden.759 103-32-7 Vince Lombardi.738 96-34-6 George Allen.712 116-47-5 Jim Harbaugh.695 44-19-1 >> Minimum 50 games While the Chargers have actually signed players to record-breaking contracts, the organization has established a credibility for not paying coaches. The Spanoses have actually rejected that claim, with group president John Spanos informing reporters in December that he didn’t know where “narratives originated from “and that the team has never had constraints with costs.

    “You do n’t build a résumé like Jim ‘s by accident , and you do not do it by yourself,” Chargers president John Spanos said in a statement .”You need a team. And nobody has actually built a group more successfully, and repeatedly, in recent history than Jim Harbaugh. His previous players swear by him

    , and his opponents swear at him. Jim is among one.”The Chargers fired coach Brandon Staley and general supervisor Tom Telesco on Dec. 15, following a 63-21 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 15. Now that the Chargers have discovered their on-field leader, they now turn their focus to the front workplace and employing a basic manager, a role that will be necessary for Harbaugh’s comfort with the group. In his last NFL stint, Harbaugh reportedly encountered 49ers general supervisor Trent Baalke and team management, causing his departure for Michigan.The Chargers interviewed 9 candidates for GM, consisting of multiple with Harbaugh ties, such as Colts assistant GM Ed Dodds who worked for the Raiders when Harbaugh was the group’s QB coach in 2003. The Chargers conducted a second interview with Giants assistant GM Brandon Brown on Tuesday, sources told Jeremy Fowler.PPG Win Pct Lions 27.0.440 Vikings 25.2.522 Texans 25.2.321 Raiders 24.9.478 Chargers 24.9.463 Jaguars

    24.9.328 The Chargers held a comprehensive training search after firing Staley, interviewing a league high 15 candidates.They began internally with interim head coach Giff Smith and offensive organizer Kellen Moore before speaking with former Expenses protective planner Leslie Frazier, 49ers protective planner Steve Wilks, Bengals offending organizer Brian Callahan, Raiders DC Patrick

    Graham, previous Titans coach Mike Vrabel, previous Stanford coach David Shaw, Lions offending organizer Ben Johnson, Lions protective organizer Aaron Glenn, Ravens offending organizer Todd Monken and Ravens defensive organizer Mike MacDonald.Staley completed his 48-game Chargers period with a. 500 record, with one playoff appearance that ended in a historical loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.The Chargers opened

    at 30-1 to win next season’s Super Bowl at DraftKings , however those chances enhanced to 25-1 since Wednesday.Michigan, on the other hand , is focusing its search on offensive planner Sherrone Moore to change Harbaugh , and he’s anticipated to be offered the task barring an

    unanticipated advancement, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low. Moore worked as acting head coach for 4 games throughout the 2023 season

    — once throughout Harbaugh’s preliminary suspension and for all of Harbaugh’s second three-game suspension.” Jim did precisely what he looked for to do at Michigan, build our program to regularly win Big 10 Championships and complete for national championships,” Manuel stated in a declaration.”… We can’t thank Jim enough for all that he has provided for our student-athletes, staff and Michigan Football. He will constantly be a huge part of our rich history, and will be remembered as an all-time terrific Wolverine, as both a champion

    player and coach.”The Associated Press added to this report.

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