John Harbaugh
John Harbaugh (born 9/23/1962 in Toledo, Ohio, USA) is the head coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. Since taking over the position from Brian Billick in 2008, Harbaugh has gotten the Ravens to the playoffs in each season, and is the only NFL head coach to do so. Harbaugh was previously the special teams coordinator and secondary coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for nine seasons. He is part of the famous Harbaugh coaching tree, that includes Father Jack Harbaugh and younger brother Jim Harbaugh.
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Harbaugh at the Baltimore Ravens Training Camp August 20, 2009 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Baltimore Ravens |
Personal information | |
Date of birth | September 23, 1962 |
Place of birth | Toledo, Ohio |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Head coach Defensive back |
College | Miami (OH) |
Career highlights | |
Awards | Super Bowl Champion XLVII (as a head coach) |
Head coaching record | |
Regular season | 62–33 (.653) |
Postseason | 9–4 (.692) |
Career record | 71–37 (.657) |
Super Bowl wins | XLVII |
Championships won | AFC NFC 2004 |
Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
1984–1987 1987 1988 1989–1996 1997 1998–2007 2008–present |
Western Michigan University (Running backs coach) (Outside linebackers coach) University of Pittsburgh (Tight ends coach) Morehead State University (Special teams coach) (Secondary coach) University of Cincinnati (Special teams coordinator) Indiana University (Special teams coordinator) (Defensive backs coach) Philadelphia Eagles (Special teams coordinator) (Defensive backs coach) Baltimore Ravens (Head coach) |
Reputation
changeHarbaugh has been respected as a great coach. As previously mentioned, Harbaugh is the only head coach in NFL history to take his team to the playoffs in each of his first four seasons. Harbaugh has also been successful on most challenge attempts.
However, Harbaugh has sometimes been criticized for keeping unpopular offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, among some other things. But in 2013 he led the Baltimore Ravens to the Super Bowl.
References
change- Jim Harbaugh: Ravens will take to new coach-Baltimore Sun Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
change- Baltimore Ravens bio Archived 2010-12-19 at the Wayback Machine