Jim Harbaugh: The most polarizing coach in all of sports | Outside The Lines

In 20 years as a head coach at three different colleges and with the San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh has proven to be the rarest of commodities: A consistent winner. Now the Michigan head coach has his team back in the College Football Playoff playing Alabama in the Rose Bowl with a berth in the National Championship Game against either Washington or Texas on the line. But 2023 has been different for Harbaugh and his team, with two separate NCAA investigations taking place and the program parting ways with several members of the coaching staff for disciplinary reasons. And Harbaugh has faced discipline too, six games worth of suspensions, with possibly more to come next year.
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[Solidus__]

As soon as he mentioned players getting part of the revenue they started to go after him. He's a great ball coach.

[wardatkins]

Him and his family has done great things for the sport of football in general. Great football player and great coach " I always like to see players give back to the sport .

[MrGb]

He’s polarizing to the extent that the media make him that way. Go Blue!

[brocky]

He's only hated by OSU fans and the media. I'm a UCLA fan and Nebraska alum but Harbaugh has always been interesting to me

[ahc]

As a 49ers fan, i will always root for this man

[McNallicious]

Pete Thamel has been milking this like a midwest farmer on grocery delivery day. The fact that this has gotten so much attention over other dealings going on in CFB over the last several years is ridiculous. That includes ESPN/Disney snubbing FSU (I get they may not be in the top 4 best teams, but if you think that decision was based on anything other than TV markets and $$$, you're sadly mistaken).

[kcottone]

As a Michigan Alum I hope Jim signs that 10 year contract as soon as possible. He's not "polarizing" at all here, we love him and want him to stay forever. Screw the haters.

[andrewscarlet]

It must of been hard for Pete to complete this interview. I can’t imagine the mental toll it took for him to be away from Ryan Day for so long

[lonnieyancer]

Leaving out the fact they did mid flight to penn st on Friday. We still won. Go blue.

[sharpderp]

That’s about as positive as the ESPNSEC network could be when it comes to showing respect to a legend of the game…

[samirbhavsar]

Unless you directly benefit from making more money by making sure college football players don’t, then there is no reason to dislike Harbaugh.

[percyanderson]

God bless the Harbaugh family. God bless the MICHIGAN WOLVERINES!! GO BLUE!!

[phillipayoung]

Look at him now. 1 win away from winning it all.

[davidherman]

Great coach with a great history. Only polarizing to ESPN and other woke media.

[zackhayes]

What a stupid title 😂 no he’s not and he’s not even remotely close. Classic ESPN clown video

[timothyhansen]

Come to LA and lead the Chargers to multiple super bowl championships ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[cactusjack]

He's one the greatest players coaches ever reminds me of Jimmie Johnson at Miami his players love him and he loves them

[rdelius]

He’s so controversial-yet look how many Chargers fans want him….

[mateo]

2:37 that’s not Connor stallions, that’s Jesse minter, Mich’s defensive coordinator

[NotMatthewP]

He's always been a great coach. Vast majority of 9er fans loved his tenure in SF. The bay area media, along with the national media were cowards with Jim. They used their power to ride him out of town essentially. Mostly because he never worried about rubbing shoulders with media figures and didn't always answer questions the way they were used to expecting. It was terrible to watch and it's not much different in Michigan. Media really can be ugly sometimes to people who refuse to play the game they're always pushing....