Jim Harbaugh on why Vikings fans should feel lucky to have J.J. McCarthy
Jim Harbaugh knows Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy very well due to their time together at Michigan and explains why Minnesota fans are lucky to have him.
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Former Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday he was unaware of cybercrimes allegedly committed by former assistant Matt Weiss until after Weiss coached his final game with the Wolverines in the 2022 College Football Playoff.
Weiss, Michigan’s quarterbacks coach in 2021 and co-offensive coordinator in 2022, was indicted on March 20 on federal criminal charges of hacking into computers at more than 100 colleges, stealing the identities and impersonating mostly female student-athletes. Weiss is accused of downloading “personal, intimate, digital photographs and videos” of numerous women.
“It was after the TCU game that we — that I found out, we found out, that there was allegations,” the Los Angeles Chargers head coach told the Detroit Free Press’ Dave Birkett on Monday in Palm Beach, Florida, at the NFL’s annual spring meeting. “And you said it, I mean indictment, that’s not a word that — sympathy for the victims and for Matt’s family. It’s shocking.”
Weiss pleaded not guilty to all 24 charges last week in Detroit’s federal court. He allegedly committed the crimes by breaking into student-athlete databases from a third-party vendor from 2015-23.
Weiss was a longtime assistant for the Baltimore Ravens under Harbaugh’s brother, John Harbaugh. Weiss was a Ravens assistant from 2009-2020, coaching in a variety of offensive and defensive roles. He was also a graduate assistant at Stanford under Harbaugh from 2005-08.
“Just really shocking,” John Harbaugh said…
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Publish date : 2025-03-31 18:28:00
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