University of Michigan Athletics

Now in his ninth year as J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach in 2023, Jim Harbaugh has led Michigan to back-to-back Big Ten Championships and College Football Playoff appearances (2021-22).
 
U-M won a school record 13 games in 2022, surpassing the 12-win seasons attained by the 1905, 1997 and 2021 teams. The Wolverines listed No. 3 in the final national polls for the second straight season which was only the third time in school history where the program finished in the top 5 in consecutive years.
 
Overall, Harbaugh has guided the Wolverines to a 74-25 record and is 53-17 in Big Ten games. He has led U-M to five 10-win seasons and seven bowl games, including consecutive College Football Playoff Semifinal appearances (2021-22), two New Year’s Six bowls and three additional New Year’s Day bowl games. His teams have finished the season ranked in the national polls on six occasions, including three finishes in the top 10.
 
Thirteen Wolverines have secured 18 All-America honors under Harbaugh, including nine consensus honorees: Devin Bush, Jake Butt, Maurice Hurst, Jourdan Lewis, Jabrill Peppers, Aidan Hutchinson, Jake Moody, Blake Corum and Olu Oluwatimi. Hutchinson (second place, 2021) and Peppers (fifth place, 2016) were also Heisman Trophy finalists while Corum finished seventh in the 2022 balloting.
 
Five players have won major awards during Harbaugh's tenure: Butt (2016 Mackey Award, Senior CLASS Award), Peppers (2016 Lott IMPACT Trophy and Paul Hornung Award), Hutchinson (2021 Rotary Lombardi Award, Ted Hendricks Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy), Moody (2021 Lou Groza Award) and Oluwatimi (2022 Outland Trophy and Rimington Trophy). The offensive also became the first in college football history to win consecutive Joe Moore Awards (2021-22).
 
A total of 95 Wolverines have earned All-Big Ten honors, with 30 players earning first-team all-conference honors. A record 16 players collected All-Big Ten honors in 2016 and 15 Wolverines received the honor during the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 seasons. In the classroom, Michigan has totaled 344 Academic All-Big Ten honors, including a program-record 60 in 2021 and 2022.
 
During Harbaugh’s tenure, Michigan has produced three of the five most-productive offensive seasons in school history. U-M has had a top-12 national defense in six seasons and a top-three unit on three occasions.
 
Harbaugh was named the 20th coach in Michigan football history on Dec. 30, 2014. He became the sixth Michigan football player selected to lead college football’s winningest program.
 
In four years in the NFL, Harbaugh led the San Francisco 49ers to the NFC Championship three times, winning the NFC title in 2012. He tallied a 49-22-1 overall record, including 5-3 in the postseason.
 
Harbaugh led the Niners to a 13-3 regular-season record and the NFC Championship Game in 2011, his first season, earning the AP NFL Coach of the Year award. He followed up with an 11-4-1 regular-season in 2012, culminating with an appearance in Super Bowl XLVII. Harbaugh’s 49ers lost, 34-31, to the Baltimore Ravens and his brother, John, in the only matchup of brothers as head coaches in NFL history.

At the collegiate level, Harbaugh spent three years at the University of San Diego (2004-06) and four years at Stanford (2007-10). He turned around a Cardinal program that went 1-11 prior to his arrival, culminating with a 12-1 campaign and FedEx Orange Bowl victory in 2010. In his debut as a head coach, Harbaugh led San Diego to a 29-6 record in three seasons.
 
He spent the 2002 and 2003 NFL seasons as the Oakland Raiders’ quarterbacks coach, assisting the team to Super Bowl XXXVII.
 
During his professional playing days, Harbaugh spent eight years as an NCAA-certified unpaid assistant coach for his father, Jack, at Western Kentucky (1994-2001).
 
As an NFL quarterback, he played for five organizations in his 15-year career (1987-2001). He threw for 26,288 yards and 129 touchdowns in 177 games and made 140 career starts. He was the AFC Offensive Player of the Year, the NFL Comeback Player of the Year, and a Pro Bowl selection after leading the Indianapolis Colts to the 1995 AFC Championship Game. In 2005, he was inducted into the Colts’ Ring of Honor.
 
As a Wolverine, Harbaugh was one of the most efficient passers in NCAA history. In 1985, he led the nation in pass efficiency and finished runner-up the following year. His career pass efficiency rating was the NCAA’s top mark for more than 12 years.
 
In 1986, Harbaugh won the Chicago Tribune Big Ten MVP award, was a first-team All-American and finished third in Heisman Trophy voting.
 
The first Michigan quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards in a single game (310 vs. Wisconsin), Harbaugh also eclipsed the 200-yard passing mark 12 times. He led the Wolverines to a 21-3-1 record as a full-time starter during his final two seasons, including a pair of victories against Michigan State and Ohio State. During his college career, he completed 387-of-620 passes for 5,449 yards and 31 touchdowns; all four statistical categories still list among the top 12 in school history.
 
Harbaugh and his wife, Sarah, have two daughters, Addison and Katherine, and two sons, Jack and John. He also has three adult children, Jay, James Jr., and Grace.