Harbaugh Resigns Michigan Post to Take Head Coach Position with NFL's LA Chargers

January 24, 2024 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

Jim Harbaugh is off to the Los Angeles Chargers, leaving Michigan after guiding the Wolverines to the national championship. Harbaugh was the head coach for 9 games in the 15-0 season, leaving assistants to fill in as interim head coaches during two different suspensions. Sherrone Moore was the interim head coach for 4 of those games, including the final 3 regular season games and the school's 1,000th win. Moore is expected to get promoted as Harbaugh's successor.

4 different interim head coaches were appointed during the season-opening school-imposed 3-week suspension of Jim Harbaugh for alleged NCAA violations of Covid - recruiting "dead period" (impermissible contact with recruits).
9/2 vs. East Carolina - co-defensive coordinator Jesse Minter
9/9 vs. UNLV - special teams coordinator and safeties coach Jay Harbaugh (Jim's son) for 1st half; running backs coach Mike Hart for 2nd half.
9/16 vs. Bowling Green - offensive coordinator and O-line coach Sherrone Moore.

Harbaugh was again suspended for 3 games (the final 3 of the season) after the Big Ten and NCAA opened an investigation of impermissible sign-stealing. This time, the conference levied the suspension. The suspension is only in effect for game days.
11/11 vs. Penn State - offensive coordinator and O-line coach Sherrone Moore.
11/18 at Maryland - offensive coordinator and O-line coach Sherrone Moore.
11/25 vs. Ohio State - offensive coordinator and O-line coach Sherrone Moore.

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Harbaugh played QB for the Chargers in 1999 and 2000, but his only previous NFL head coaching experience came with San Francisco from 2011-2014 where he was 44-19, including a loss in his second season to his brother, John, and the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII.

Harbaugh was a QB for the Wolverines from 1982-1986.

As the head coach at Michigan, Harbaugh compiled an over-all record of 83-25, a conference mark of 57-17, a bowl record of 2-6, three Big Ten Championships and one National Championship with three Final Four appearances.