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Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh as featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated
Date of birth	December 23, 1963
Place of birth	Toledo, Ohio
Position(s)	Quarterback
College	Michigan
NFL Draft	1987 / Round 1 / Pick 26
Pro Bowls	1
Awards	1995 AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year, 1995 UPI AFC Offensive Player of the Year
Honors	Indianapolis Colts ROH
Career Record	College Football 29-6
Playing Stats	Pro Football Reference
Playing Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1987-1993 1994-1997 1998 1999-2000 2001	Chicago Bears Indianapolis Colts Baltimore Ravens San Diego Chargers Carolina Panthers
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1994-2001 2002-2003 2004-2006 2007-present	Western Kentucky University Oakland Raiders University of San Diego Stanford University

James Joseph "Jim" Harbaugh (born December 23, 1963 in Toledo, Ohio) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers and finally the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He was drafted by the Bears out of the University of Michigan with the 26th pick in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft.

On Monday, December 18, 2006, Harbaugh was hired to be the head football coach of the Stanford Cardinal football team^[1].

Contents 1 College career 2 NFL career 3 Coaching career 4 Personal 5 References 6 External links

Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards, and touchdown passes for them. Playing for Bo Schembechler, he was a three-year starter and led the Wolverines to appearances in the Fiesta, Holiday, and Rose Bowl games. As a senior in 1986 he guided Michigan to a #2 national ranking while earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors and finishing third in the Heisman balloting.

Harbaugh entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick by the Chicago Bears in 1987. He played seven seasons for the Bears and passed for a career-high 3,121 yards for Chicago in 1991.

From 1994 to 1998, Harbaugh quarterbacked the Indianapolis Colts, and in 1995, achieved career highs in completion percentage (63.7) and touchdown passes (17). While with the Colts, he led the team to the AFC Championship game and came within one dropped Hail Mary pass of taking the Colts to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1970. In 1995, he was voted to the Pro Bowl, was named Comeback Player of the Year and AFC Player of the Year, and was runner-up in the NFL MVP voting. With the Colts, Harbaugh completed 746 of 1,230 passes for 8,705 yards and 49 touchdowns and won the NFL passer rating title in 1995 with a rating of 100.7. In January 2005, Jim was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor as one of the most successful and popular players in the club's Indianapolis era.

After leaving the Colts, Harbaugh played one year with the Baltimore Ravens in 1998. Then he played two years with the San Diego Chargers. In 1999 he led the Chargers to an 8-8 record, but in 2000, the Chargers finished 1-15. He then closed out his NFL career with the Carolina Panthers in 2001, where the team also finished 1-15.

For his NFL career, Harbaugh played in 177 league games with 140 starts. He completed 2,305 of 3,918 passes for 26,288 yards with 129 touchdowns. He was nicknamed "Captain Comeback" (the second player to be so nicknamed after Roger Staubach) for his ability to win games in the fourth quarter after overcoming significant point deficits.

During his final eight seasons in the NFL (1994-2001), Jim was an NCAA-certified unpaid assistant coach under his father, Jack, at Western Kentucky University. Serving as an offensive consultant, he scouted and recruited high school student-athletes throughout several states including Florida, Indiana and Illinois. He was involved in recruiting 17 players on WKU's 2002 Division I-AA National Championship team. His father was a football coach for 41 years, including 14 years as Head Coach at Western Kentucky.

Harbaugh was an assistant coach with the Oakland Raiders in 2002-2003. In 2002 he was an offensive assistant coach, and in 2003 he was the quarterbacks coach.

Prior to the 2004 season, Harbaugh was named head football coach at the University of San Diego. In his first year, he directed the Toreros to an overall mark of 7-4, including 5 straight wins to end the season. The following year, the team improved to 11-1 and won the 2005 Pioneer Football League Championship. In 2006, USD again went 11-1 winning their second consecutive Pioneer League title in the process.

On December 18, 2006, Harbaugh was named the head football coach at Stanford University, replacing Walt Harris. Harbaugh's father, Jack, was Stanford's defensive coordinator from 1980-1981, while Harbaugh attended Palo Alto High School, located directly across the street from Stanford Stadium^[1].

He stirred controversy on March 30, 2007, when commenting about Pete Carroll, he said that Carroll would "leave after the (2007) season", according to CBS Sports.

Jim has two sons, Jay and James, Jr., and one daughter, Grace. His brother, John, is currently the Secondary Coach with the Philadelphia Eagles and his brother-in-law, Tom Crean, is Head Basketball Coach of Marquette University.

Harbaugh has been very active in Community Service ventures. He has been actively involved with the Harbaugh Hill Foundation, the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (Indiana University), Western Kentucky University, the Jim Harbaugh Foundation, the Uhlich's Children's Home and the Children's Miracle Network.

Harbaugh is co-owner of Panther Racing in the Indy Racing League. The main car for the team carries Harbaugh's old jersey number, 4. When the team won the 2001 and 2002 IRL championship, the team, which had the option of going to #1, chose instead to keep the #4 for its association with Harbaugh's career.

Ironically, when Harbaugh was with the Carolina Panthers, #4 had been given to kicker John Kasay. Harbaugh wore #14, for A. J. Foyt, with the Panthers.

• Profile from Stanford Department of Athletics website
• Pro-Football-Reference.com - career statistics.

Preceded by Neal Anderson	Bears 1st round draft pick 1987	Succeeded by Wendell Davis & Brad Muster
Preceded by Mike Tomczak	Chicago Bears Starting Quarterbacks 1989-1993	Succeeded by Steve Walsh
Preceded by Jeff George	Indianapolis Colts Starting Quarterbacks 1994-1998	Succeeded by Peyton Manning
Preceded by Dan Marino	NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award 1995 (Co-Award Winner Garrison Hearst)	Succeeded by Jerome Bettis
Preceded by Ryan Leaf	San Diego Chargers Starting Quarterbacks 2000	Succeeded by Doug Flutie
Preceded by Jason DesJarlais	University of San Diego Head Football Coach 2003–2006	Succeeded by Ron Caragher
Preceded by Walt Harris	Stanford University Head Football Coach 2007–	Succeeded by Current head coach

Chicago Bears Starting Quarterbacks
Dressen • Conzelman • Driscoll • Molesworth • Masterson • Luckman • Lujack • Blanda • Brown • Bratkowski • Wade • Bukich • Concannon • Douglass • Huff • Avellini• Phipps • Evans • McMahon • Tomczak • Harbaugh • Walsh • Kramer • Krieg • Matthews • McNown • Miller • Chandler • Stewart • Hutchinson • Krenzel • Orton • Grossman

San Diego ToreroFootball Coaches
Kuhn • McCutcheon • Platz • Pecarovich • Gray • Vinci • Logan • Williams • Brian Fogarty • McGarry • DesJarlais • Harbaugh • Caragher