Jack Harbaugh

Jack Harbaugh
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	June 28, 1939 (1939-06-28) Crestline, Ohio
Playing career
1957–1960	Bowling Green
Position(s)	Defensive back, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1964–1965 1966 1967 1968–1970 1971–1973 1973–1979 1980–1981 1982–1986 1987–1988 1989–2002 2004–2006 2009	Eaton High School Xenia High School Morehead State (assistant) Bowling Green (assistant) Iowa (assistant) Michigan (DB) Stanford (DC) Western Michigan Pittsburgh (assistant) Western Kentucky San Diego (RB) Stanford (RB)
Head coaching record
Overall	117–94–3 (.554) (includes forfeit by Temple in 1986)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships As a player 1959 Mid-American Conference Champions 1959 NCAA Division II National Champions As a coach 1966 Western Ohio League Champions 2000 Ohio Valley Conference Champions 2002 Gateway Football Conference Co-Champions 2002 NCAA FCS National Champions
Awards 2002 AFCA Coach of the Year (FCS)

Jack Harbaugh (born June 28, 1939) is a former college football player and coach, and the father of NFL coaches Jim and John Harbaugh.

Playing career

Harbaugh played college football for the Bowling Green State University Falcons from 1957–1960, where he was a three-time letterman. In his junior year, the Falcons finished the season 9–0–0 and were named the small college division national champions. Harbaugh played for one year, 1961, in the old AFL for the New York Titans.

Coaching career

In 1964 Harbaugh was the head coach of Eaton High School football team in Eaton, Ohio. His record was 5-4-1, their first winning season in many years. In 1965 the team went 6-4. In 1966, Harbaugh was the head coach of the Xenia High School football team in Xenia, Ohio. His record for the one year that he coached was 8–1–1.

From 1982–1986, he served as the head football coach at Western Michigan University and compiled a 26–26–3 record. From 1989–2002, he was the head football coach at Western Kentucky University and posted a 91–68 record, including three 10-win seasons during his tenure. His 2002 squad won the NCAA Division I-AA national football championship.

After leaving Western Kentucky, Harbaugh served as an associate athletic director at Marquette University, where his son-in-law, Tom Crean, was the head coach of the basketball team.

Harbaugh has also served as an assistant coach at Morehead State University, Bowling Green State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, Stanford University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of San Diego. Harbaugh retired in 2006, but served as Stanford's running backs coach in the 2009 Sun Bowl.

Personal life

Harbaugh's two sons are the first pair of brothers to serve as head coaches in NFL history: Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh (himself a former NFL quarterback). Both brothers eventually participated in the Harbaugh Bowl on Thanksgiving Day, which was a day before the 50th anniversary of Harbaugh and his wife's marriage. His daughter, Joani, is married to Tom Crean, currently the head basketball coach for the Indiana University Hoosiers. Harbaugh is a member of the Bowling Green State University chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Western Michigan Broncos (Mid-American Conference) (1982–1986)
1982	Western Michigan	7–2–2	5–2–2	2nd
1983	Western Michigan	6–5	4–5	6th
1984	Western Michigan	5–6	3–6	T-8th
1985	Western Michigan	4–6–1	4–4–1	T-4th
1986	Western Michigan	3–8	3–5	8th
Western Michigan:		25–27–3	19–22–3
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Independent) (1989–1998)
1989	Western Kentucky	6–5
1990	Western Kentucky	2–8
1991	Western Kentucky	3–8
1992	Western Kentucky	4–6
1993	Western Kentucky	8–3
1994	Western Kentucky	5–6
1995	Western Kentucky	2–8
1996	Western Kentucky	7–4
1997	Western Kentucky	10–2			L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
1998	Western Kentucky	7–4
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1999–2000)
1999	Western Kentucky	6–5	4–3	T-3rd
2000	Western Kentucky	11–2	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Gateway Football Conference) (2001–2002)
2001	Western Kentucky	8–4	5–2	T-2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
2002	Western Kentucky	12–3	6–1	T-1st	W NCAA Division I-AA Championship
Western Kentucky:		91–68	22–6
Total:		116–95–3
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• San Diego profile