Chargers expected to meet with Jim Harbaugh for head coaching job

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is expected to interview with the Chargers this coming week regarding their head coaching position. (Al Goldis / Associated Press)

The Chargers are expected to meet with Jim Harbaugh this coming week as their search for a head coach continues, according to someone with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to speak publicly.

Harbaugh is widely considered to be a leading candidate for the Chargers, his potential return to the NFL perhaps increasing after he led Michigan to college football’s national championship Monday.

The Chargers are looking to replace Brandon Staley, who, along with general manager Tom Telesco, was fired Dec. 15.

The team has interviewed two internal candidates in Giff Smith, who finished the season as the interim head coach, and Kellen Moore, the Chargers’ offensive coordinator.

Three external candidates — San Francisco defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, Baltimore offensive coordinator Todd Monken and Las Vegas defensive coordinator Patrick Graham — also have met with the Chargers virtually.

They’re expected on Sunday to interview Leslie Frazier, a longtime NFL defensive coordinator and former Minnesota head coach.

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Harbaugh, however, is the biggest name linked to the Chargers to date as they consider the option of hiring a coach who has experienced significant success in the league.

From 2011-14, Harbaugh, 60, took the 49ers to three consecutive NFC title games and one Super Bowl — where he lost to a Baltimore team coached by his brother, John — following the 2012 season.

Going with Harbaugh would be a marked departure from the Chargers’ most recent strategy. Their last three hires at the position — Staley, Anthony Lynn and Mike McCoy — had no head coaching experience.

When he met with reporters in the aftermath of Staley’s dismissal, John Spanos, the Chargers’ president of football operations, called it…

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Publish date : 2024-01-13 19:00:52

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