Jim Harbaugh
Head Football Coach for University of Michigan
Jim Harbaugh played quarterback for the University of Michigan before enjoying success with the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts of the NFL. After retiring as a player, Harbaugh quickly rose to the pinncale of the professional coaching ranks with star turns at the University of San Diego, Stanford University and the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. Harbaugh's meteoric rise through the coaching ranks was capped with his selection as the head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers in January 2011. Again showing an ability to jolt a struggling team, Harbaugh installed a punishing defense and steadied the play of quarterback Alex Smith, propelling the 49ers to the NFC West division title before a close loss to the New York Giants in the NFC Conference championship game. Off the field he is an active member in his community completing charity work with several charities and ventures for children in need including the Harbaugh Hill Foundation, Uhlich Children’s Home and the Children’s Miracle Network.
Jim Harbaugh is the head football coach at the University of Michigan and a former quarterback. He played college football at Michigan and played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, from 1987 to 2000. Harbaugh has been a head coach since 2004. He coached at the University of San Diego for three seasons, then coached Stanford University of the Pac-10 for four seasons, before becoming the coach of the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, a position he held for four seasons.
He was drafted by the Bears out of the University of Michigan with the 26th pick in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft. From 1994 to 1997, Harbaugh quarterbacked the Indianapolis Colts, and in 1995, achieved career highs in completion percentage (63.7) and touchdown passes (17). While with the Colts, during the NFL playoffs, 1995-96 he led the team to the AFC Championship game and came within one dropped Hail Mary pass of taking the Colts to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1970. In 1995, he was voted to the Pro Bowl, was named Comeback Player of the Year and AFC Player of the Year, and was runner-up in the NFL MVP voting. With the Colts, Harbaugh completed 746 of 1,230 passes for 8,705 yards and 49 touchdowns and won the NFL passer rating title in 1995 with a rating of 100.7. In January 2005, Harbaugh was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor as one of the most successful and popular players in the club's Indianapolis era.
Off the field he is an active member in his community completing charity work with several charities and ventures for children in need including the Harbaugh Hill Foundation, Uhlich Children’s Home and the Children’s Miracle Network.
He was drafted by the Bears out of the University of Michigan with the 26th pick in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft. From 1994 to 1997, Harbaugh quarterbacked the Indianapolis Colts, and in 1995, achieved career highs in completion percentage (63.7) and touchdown passes (17). While with the Colts, during the NFL playoffs, 1995-96 he led the team to the AFC Championship game and came within one dropped Hail Mary pass of taking the Colts to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1970. In 1995, he was voted to the Pro Bowl, was named Comeback Player of the Year and AFC Player of the Year, and was runner-up in the NFL MVP voting. With the Colts, Harbaugh completed 746 of 1,230 passes for 8,705 yards and 49 touchdowns and won the NFL passer rating title in 1995 with a rating of 100.7. In January 2005, Harbaugh was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor as one of the most successful and popular players in the club's Indianapolis era.
Off the field he is an active member in his community completing charity work with several charities and ventures for children in need including the Harbaugh Hill Foundation, Uhlich Children’s Home and the Children’s Miracle Network.
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