Jack Harbaugh
Jack Avon Harbaugh (born June 28, 1939) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Western Michigan University from 1982 to 1986 and Western Kentucky University from 1989 to 2002, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 116–95–3. In his final year at Western Kentucky, he led the 2002 Hilltoppers to an NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship title. In 2023, Harbaugh came out of retirement to become assistant head coach of the Michigan Wolverines under his son Jim (who was head coach at the time) and helped lead the team to win the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.
Harbaugh with Michigan in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant head coach |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 28, 1939 Crestline, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1957–1960 | Bowling Green |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1962–1963 | Perrysburg HS (OH) (assistant) |
| 1964–1965 | Eaton HS (OH) |
| 1966 | Xenia (OH) |
| 1967 | Morehead State (assistant) |
| 1968–1970 | Bowling Green (assistant) |
| 1971–1973 | Iowa (assistant) |
| 1973–1979 | Michigan (DB) |
| 1980–1981 | Stanford (DC) |
| 1982–1986 | Western Michigan |
| 1987–1988 | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
| 1989–2002 | Western Kentucky |
| 2004–2006 | San Diego (RB) |
| 2009 | Stanford (RB) |
| 2023–present | Michigan (AHC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 116–95–3 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA FBS (CFP) (2023) NCAA Division I-AA (2002) Western Ohio League (1966) OVC (2000) GFC (2002) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA NCAA Division I-AA COY (2002) OVC Coach of the Year (2000) | |
Harbaugh's sons, John and Jim, are the first pair of brothers to serve as head coaches in the NFL and the first pair of head coaching brothers to face off in a Super Bowl.