Jim Harbaugh Coaching History: Where Was He Before Los Angeles?

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh answers questions during the NFL football team's rookie camp Friday, May 9, 2025, in El Segundo, Calif.
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Jim Harbaugh is one of the most successful football coaches of the 21st century. He wins virtually everywhere he moves.

And he moves โ€ฆ a lot. While quite a bit of his coaching career has been spent up and down California, he played college football at Michigan in the 1980s and won an elusive national championship for the Wolverines in 2023.

Heโ€™s also spent several years in the Midwest as both a coach and a player.ย ย 

His return to Southern California could finally earn him the elusive Super Bowl heโ€™s been hunting, which would make him just the fourth head coach to win both an NFL and NCAA championship.ย 

So far, the Chargers odds market seems to think Harbaugh has a shot.

Jim Harbaugh Coaching History

Years ServedCoaching PositionBest Season Result
2024-Chargers: Head CoachWild Card Round
2015-23Michigan: Head CoachWon National Championship
2011-1449ers: Head CoachWon NFC Championship
2007-10Stanford: Head Coach12-1 (Won Orange Bowl)
2004-06University of San Diego: Head Coach11-1 (Won Gridiron Classic)

Jim Harbaugh, Other Teams Coached

Prior to his position with the University of San Diego, Jim Harbaugh was an offensive consultant at Western Kentucky from 1994 to 2001 and quarterbacks coach of the Raiders from 2002-03.

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Chase Kiddy

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Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.

Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.