<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Jim Harbaugh leaves Michigan for Chargers head coaching job"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Jim Harbaugh <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2024/01/02/michigan-passes-test-alabama-rose-bowl/72078919007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">helped Michigan win the Rose Bowl</a> in Pasadena before <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2024/01/09/michigan-football-championship-jim-harbaugh-scandals/72158457007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">leading the Wolverines to the national championship</a>. It turns out Harbaugh should’ve also been looking for real estate while he was in Southern California.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Harbaugh has agreed to a deal to become the Los Angeles Chargers' head coach, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.chargers.com/news/chargers-name-jim-harbaugh-michigan-head-coach" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">the team announced Wednesday night</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1750303420454477993" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">ESPN</a> was the first to report the news.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The deal officially marks <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2024/01/09/jim-harbaugh-leave-michigan-championship-nfl/72156835007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Harbaugh’s much-anticipated return to the NFL</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Harbaugh spent the past nine years with the Wolverines, compiling an 89-25 record in that span. His time at Michigan didn’t come without controversy. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2023/08/21/michigan-football-jim-harbaugh-suspension-2023-season/70644343007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Harbaugh was suspended by the school</a> for the first three games of the 2023 season because of a recruiting violation and subsequent failure to cooperate with an NCAA investigation. He was then <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2023/11/10/jim-harbaugh-suspension-big-ten-sign-stealing/71488934007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">suspended for Michigan's final three regular-season games</a> by the Big Ten for alleged sign stealing.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>NFL STATS CENTRAL:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":body nav (scores)|e|auto spike click:5|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/nfl/scores">The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Despite the rocky 2023 season, Harbaugh led Michigan, his alma mater, to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2024/01/08/michigan-washington-score-live-updates-national-championship/72118127007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">its first national title since 1997</a>. </p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:439px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/24/USAT/72344830007-usatsi-22251809.jpg?width=660&height=439&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/24/USAT/72344830007-usatsi-22251809.jpg?width=1320&height=878&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Jim Harbaugh is leaving Michigan to become head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Jim Harbaugh is football personified, and I can think of no one better to lead the Chargers forward," team owner Dean Spanos said in a statement. "The son of a coach, brother of a coach and father of a coach who himself was coached by names like (Bo) Schembechler and (Mike) Ditka, for the past two decades Jim has led hundreds of men to success everywhere he's been — as <em>their</em> coach. And today, Jim Harbaugh...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/01/24/chargers-hiring-jim-harbaugh-head-coach/72235623007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
