Michigan Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh will ‘definitely’ leave for NFL in 2024 in one scenario
Head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines is now getting ready for a college football game.
facing the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Playoff Semifinals, two victories away from a national championship.
Despite the fact that the Wolverines are about to make history, there’s still a potential that Harbaugh will play one more season in Ann Arbor.
At Michigan, Harbaugh, who turns 60 on December 23, has outperformed expectations.
Hired as the Wolverines’ coach in 2015, he’s turned Michigan into a perennial playoff contender with three consecutive
Big Ten championships. Most importantly, the Wolverines have beaten Ohio State in three consecutive seasons.
However, many around football believe Harbaugh has unfinished business in the NFL.
He’s already entertained offers to return as a head coach in each of the last two offseasons, but
turned around and signed a contract extension with Michigan each time. With the
Wolverines in the CFP, however, there could now be a realistic path for Harbaugh to leave on his terms.
Appearing on The Rich Eisen Show, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic said he believes
Harbaugh will definitely leave Michigan for an NFL head-coaching job if the Wolverines win a national championship.
This is a guess, this is a slightly-informed guess, I would think Jim Harbaugh is entertaining offers
from the NFL….(If he wins it all) then he’s definitely going to the NFL. Because if he does, mission accomplished.
I’ve never won a Super Bowl, my brother has won a Super Bowl, I’ve never.”
As Feldman went on to explain, Harbaugh left the NFL without obtaining what he really wanted.
If he’s able to deliver a national championship for the Wolverines’ football program, Michigan
couldn’t offer him the thing he wanted to accomplish next.
“Michigan can’t give him what I think he wants most (the Lombardi Trophy).”
Michigan would fall significantly behind in the college football coaching cycle if
Harbaugh were to depart for the NFL in January. On the other hand, it was anticipated that Sherrone
Moore, the offensive coordinator and former interim coach, would become the new Michigan football coach in 2024.
Although the Wolverines would undoubtedly prefer that Harbaugh return with a new contract deal, winning a national championship at the end of the season would lessen the pain of his departure.
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