Jim Harbaugh back in the NFL as Chargers' Head Coach

 

The choice was finalized shortly after Harbaugh guided the University of Michigan to victory in the College Football Playoff National Championship!  😀



Jim Harbaugh is headed back to the NFL, this time as the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,” the Chargers posted to X on Wednesday.

The announcement comes immediately after a very successful season, during which Harbaugh led the University of Michigan to its first national championship since 1997. This comes after he spent nine years as the head coach of the Wolverines.

“Jim Harbaugh is football personified, and I can think of no one better to lead the Chargers forward,” Chargers owner and chairman Dean Spanos said in a statement.

“The son of a coach, the brother of a coach, and the father of a coach. The person themselves was also coached by well-known individuals such as Glenn Edward “Bo"

Schembechler and Mike Ditka, for the past two decades Jim has led hundreds of men to success everywhere he’s been—as their coach," the statement read. "And today, Jim Harbaugh returns to the Chargers, this time as our coach. Who has it better than us?"

Harbaugh’s final season with Michigan was not without drama—he was suspended for fully half of the regular season in two separate investigations.

The Big 10 conference suspended him for the final three games of the regular season because he was involved in a sign-stealing scandal. He had already missed the first three games because he agreed to the university's decision to suspend him for allegedly lying to NCAA investigators who were looking into recruiting violations during the coronavirus pandemic.

Harbaugh's new position confirms swirling rumors that he would take his talents to the NFL once again after two off-seasons interviewing with the Minnesota Vikings and the Denver Broncos, respectively, the NFL said in a news release.

Harbaugh secured the head coaching job with the Chargers after going through two interviews, according to an NFL news release.

The Chargers fired their previous head coach and general manager after a brutal 63-21 beating by the Las Vegas Raiders last month.

Harbaugh had his first meeting with the team a month later, on January 15, according to The Associated Press. He was the eighth out of 15 candidates to meet with Spanos and his family and interview for the role.