Jim Harbaugh is off to the NFL to coach the Los Angeles Chargers. Michigan now finds itself in a position where it needs to execute a coaching search to replace Harbaugh, who will become the first national championship coach not to return to his collegiate program the next season since Tom Osborne after the 1997 campaign. The Wolverines intend to …

The first month of 2024 has brought a lot of joy to football fans in Michigan, but it has potentially come with a big-time cost — literally — for those who are fans of both the University of Michigan and the Detroit Lions. The Lions’ first appearance in the NFC Championship Game in 32 years is just the latest expensive …

The won’t meet in a Super Bowl again. They could meet in the playoffs, in any year. They will meet in the regular season next year. The schedule rotation has the teams of the AFC North playing the teams of the AFC West in 2024. That means the Chargers and Jim Harbaugh will host the Ravens and John Harbaugh. They …

Jim Harbaugh is headed back to the NFL. Michigan football’s coach since 2015, who just took the Wolverines to a national championship victory this season, was reportedly hired by the Los Angeles Chargers on Wednesday night. Harbaugh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers before heading to Ann Arbor, now owes Michigan a buyout for breaking his contract. Michigan is due …

With the 2023 regular season in the rearview mirror, 28 of the NFL’s 32 teams are now done for the year. That means it’s time to turn our attention toward the league’s coaching carousel, where there are currently five vacancies.  The New England Patriots started things off by promoting Jerod Mayo to replace Bill Belichick, and the Las Vegas Raiders …

The Chargers have hired Jim Harbaugh. When he signs his contract, he will sign a five-year deal, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Harbaugh, 60, chose to return to the NFL after winning a national championship with Michigan, leaving behind two unresolved NCAA investigations. Michigan was offering him a six-year contract extension worth $11.5 million annually, Angelique Chengelis of the Detroit …

When Jim Harbaugh arrived in Ann Arbor on December 30, 2014, his plan was to bring Michigan football back from the brink. Coming off of a 5-7 season, the Wolverines were backsliding again, after going 11-2 in the first year of the Brady Hoke era. But the maize and blue still had an Ohio State problem, and Harbaugh wasn’t going …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Nick Sirianni knew it wouldn’t be easy to replace defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon after Super Bowl LVII. He just never imagined it would turn into such a disaster. The Philadelphia Eagles defense became one of the NFL’s worst. Gannon’s replacement even got demoted in December. Now, as Sirianni tries to clean up that wreckage, he’s …

The Los Angeles Chargers are nearing a deal to hire Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh as their next head coach, a source tells CBS Sports. Harbaugh has long been the top target for the Chargers, and the coach has been looking to jump back to the NFL ranks the last several years. Winning the national championship at Michigan, his alma mater, was crucial …

One of the biggest questions of the college football offseason was answered Wednesday, with Jim Harbaugh making the move back to the NFL to join the Los Angeles Chargers. Harbaugh, who is coming off leading his alma mater Michigan to its first national title since 1997 and its first outright championship since 1948, becomes the latest domino to fall in …

With the NFL regular season behind us, it is time for teams to begin preparing for next season. Several teams have already made the decision to change key positions within the organization, whether that be a general manager, head coach or coordinator.  Rather than scouring the scatter shot reports across social media, CBSSports.com has compiled all of those reports of …

Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On the frigid Saturday evening when Michigan football staged a celebration for its first national championship in 26 years, quarterback J.J. McCarthy and head coach Jim Harbaugh both addressed the expectant crowd that stuffed Crisler Center, the school’s on-campus basketball arena, to the brim.  McCarthy, who had recently capped …

Aiyuk expects Deebo to play for 49ers vs. Lions in NFC title game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Deebo Samuel, who is dealing with a left shoulder injury, provided some encouraging signs of his progress Wednesday toward returning to action this week. The wide receiver didn’t take part in 49ers practice Wednesday, but the chances …

UConn has announced their finalized schedule for the 2024 football season which includes seven home games and five road games. Head coach Jim Mora and the Huskies will try to rebound from a disappointing 2023 season that saw them go 3-9, a year after finishing with a surprising 6-6 record – in Mora’s first season as head coach – and …

Bryan Fischer College Football Writer The collective football world spent three years preparing for the news that unfolded on Wednesday evening and the realization that it was finally time to refer to Jim Harbaugh as the former Michigan head coach. Yet the news that Harbaugh was officially making the jump to the NFL to take over the Los Angeles Chargers …