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The Los Angeles Chargers have hired Jim Harbaugh as the team’s new head coach, the team announced Wednesday.
The move comes after Harbaugh spent nine seasons coaching his alma mater, the University of Michigan, where he led the Wolverines to a College Football Playoff national championship earlier this month.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the news. Harbaugh replaces Brandon Staley, who was fired in December.
Harbaugh, 60, said he will “always be a loyal Wolverine” and expressed excitement for his future with the Chargers in a statement through the team.
“I’m remarkably fortunate to have been afforded the privilege of coaching at places where life’s journey has created strong personal connections for me,” Harbaugh said. “Being back here feels like home, and it’s great to see that those things haven’t changed.”
“The only job you start at the top is digging a hole, so we know we’ve got to earn our way,” Harbaugh’s statement continued. “My priorities are faith, family and football, and we are going to attack each with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. This organization is putting in the work — investing capital, building infrastructure and doing everything within its power to win. Great effort equals great results, and we’re just getting started.”
Chargers owner and board chair Dean Spanos described Harbaugh as “football personified” in a statement.
“The son of a coach, brother of a coach and father of a coach who himself was coached by names like Schembechler and Ditka, for the past two decades Jim has led hundreds of men to success everywhere he’s been — as their coach. And today, Jim Harbaugh returns to the Chargers, this time as our coach. Who has it better than us?”
Harbaugh has coached in the NFL before, spending four seasons as the head coach of the San Francisco…
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Publish date : 2024-01-25 01:52:09
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