John Harbaugh
Coaching Record
| Years Coached | Record | Win % | Playoff record | Playoff win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 251-168-0 | 59.90% | 20-16 | 55.56% |
Coaching Tree
Parents:
Children:
Hue Jackson, Chuck Pagano, Rex Ryan, Mike Pettine, David Culley, Vic Fangio
Biography
Career Summary
John Harbaugh is a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and has been the head coach for the Baltimore Ravens since 2008. During this time period, the Ravens compiled a 160-99-0 record. He was the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens from 2008 until the 2023 season, during which time the Ravens went 160-99-0. During his career he was a head coach for sixteen seasons. In 2012, the Ravens won the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers 34-31.
Career Awards
Harbaugh won the NFL's Coach of the Year award in 2019 after guiding the Ravens to a 14-2-0 record and a a berth in the playoffs. During the 2011 season as the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens he coached Terrell Suggs to the AP Defensive Player of the Year.
John Harbaugh Coaching Tree
Before he was a head coach, Harbaugh served as an assistant coach for Ray Rhodes and Andy Reid. Nine of these years were spent on Reid's coaching staff. During his time as head coach, six assistant coaches, (Hue Jackson, Chuck Pagano, Rex Ryan, Mike Pettine, Vic Fangio, and David Culley) on his coaching staff were hired as head coaches across the league. His coaching tree has combined for a record of 149-215-1 in the regular season and 7-5 in the playoffs during their twenty-four seasons as head coach after serving on his coaching staffs.
Personal Information
Harbaugh was born on Sunday, September 23, 1962 in Toledo, Ohio. John and Jim were the first pair of brothers to both serve as head coaches in the NFL and coached against each other in Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. Harbaugh has one daughter with his wife Ingrid Harbaugh.
Table of Contents
Playing Career
Miami University
John Harbaugh grew up playing football and having the philosophies of the game in his home life with his brother, Jim and his head coach of a father Jack. During his time playing defensive back he earned the Football Scholar Athlete Award as he earned his degree in political science while being an asset to the team. Upon graduating in 1984 he left the area and headed home to finish up working on his master’s degree.
The school has since immortalized him in the form of a bronze statue in the Cradle of Coaches with other graduates and coaching greats such as Bo Schembechler, Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank, and Ara Parseghian. He was awarded this honor for graduating from the school and earning his Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers in 2013.
Coaching Career
Western Michigan University
Harbaugh got his start in the coaching world at Western Michigan coaching the running backs and outside linebackers in 1984 under Head Coach Jack Harbaugh, his father. The entire time he coached for the team they had a losing record, with the best record of 5-6 in 1984 and the worst 3-8 in 1986. He left the team after the 1986 season ended upon his graduation and headed for Pittsburgh.
University of Pittsburgh
In 1987 he got his first coaching stint away from his father at the University of Pittsburgh where he took over the tight ends coaching slot. During his season with the team they went 8-4, an improvement on the past two 5-5-1 seasons and made their first bowl game since 1983. He left after the end of the 1987 season for his first job with special teams.
Morehead State University
Harbaugh got his first special teams coaching job in 1988 for Morehead State. He was hired on as a special teams coach and defensive backs coach. In addition to these titles he also added the strength and conditioning coordinator as well.
University of Cincinnati
When 1989 rolled around he started with the Cincinnati Bearcats as the special teams coordinator. He would hold this position throughout his entire time with the school, and add assistant head coach in 1995. In addition to these titles he also helped to coach the tight ends, outside linebackers, running backs and quarterbacks - and even assisted as a recruiting coordinator.
During his eight years with the team he recruited and tutored both the NCAA’s top return man Robert Tate and the second ranked returner Chris Hewitt. In 1993, 1995 and 1996 he was part of the coaching staff that produced the team’s first 3 out of four winning seasons in 20 years. He left the team after the 1996 season in favor of a new job at a new school.
Indiana University
In 1997 Harbaugh was hired on by Indiana University as their new special teams coordinator/defensive backs coach. He left after only one season to enter the NFL.
Philadelphia Eagles
When 1998 rolled around Harbaugh got his first break into the NFL scene after being hired on as the Special Teams Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles for Head Coach Andy Reid. He would hold this position until 2006. In 2007, he would move to coaching the secondary for the season. His special teams were not only consistently ranked among the best in the NFL, but from 2000 through 2005 the Eagle’s units were ranked in the Top 10 of The Dallas Morning News’ special teams rankings five out of those six seasons. In 2001 he was voted the NFL’s Special Teams Coach of the year and was also named The Dallas Morning News Special Teams Coach of the Year.
From 1998 through the 2001 season Harbaugh elevated the Eagle’s special teams ranking 29th up to first place. Kicker David Akers joined the team in 1999 where Harbaugh was able to coach him up to three different Pro Bowl appearances. He also coached punter Dirk Johnson to the then-Top 2 punting averages in Eagles history with 38.4 in 2005 and 37.4 in 2004. Under his tutelage, 15 players earned the Special Teams Player of the Week awards. He finally left the team after the 2007 season ended in favor of his first promotion since joining special teams.
Baltimore Ravens
Harbaugh was hired on to be the new head coach of the Baltimore Ravens in 2008. He recorded his first Super Bowl win in 2012, where he coached against the 49ers – with his brother Jim as their head coach. It was the first time in NFL history when two brothers would coach against the other in the Super Bowl.
He is now the only coach in NFL history to win at least one playoff game in six of the seven seasons as a head coach. After the 2014 season he became one of only eight other coaches to make the postseason in six of their first seven seasons coaching in the NFL. He also has the second most playoff victories by any head coach in the first seven seasons of their career since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. Because of his success with the team, the Ravens own the second most victories in the NFL since his hire.
History
| Year | Position | Record | Playoff record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 13-4-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 10-7-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 8-9-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 11-5-0 | 1-1 |
| 2019 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 14-2-0 | 0-1 |
| 2018 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 10-6-0 | 0-1 |
| 2017 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 9-7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2016 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 8-8-0 | 0-0 |
| 2015 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 5-11-0 | 0-0 |
| 2014 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 10-6-0 | 1-1 |
| 2013 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 8-8-0 | 0-0 |
| 2012 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 10-6-0 | 4-0 |
| 2011 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 12-4-0 | 1-1 |
| 2010 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 12-4-0 | 1-1 |
| 2009 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 9-7-0 | 1-1 |
| 2008 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach | 11-5-0 | 2-1 |
| 2007 Philadelphia Eagles | Defensive Backs Coach | 8-8-0 | 0-0 |
| 2006 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 10-6-0 | 1-1 |
| 2005 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 6-10-0 | 0-0 |
| 2004 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 13-3-0 | 2-1 |
| 2003 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 12-4-0 | 1-1 |
| 2002 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 12-4-0 | 1-1 |
| 2001 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 11-5-0 | 2-1 |
| 2000 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 11-5-0 | 1-1 |
| 1999 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 5-11-0 | 0-0 |
| 1998 Philadelphia Eagles | Special Teams Coordinator | 3-13-0 | 0-0 |
| 1997 Indiana Hoosiers | Special Teams Coordinator / Defensive Backs Coach | 2-9-0 | |
| 1996 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 6-5-0 | |
| 1995 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 6-5-0 | |
| 1994 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 2-8-1 | |
| 1993 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 8-3-0 | |
| 1992 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 3-8-0 | |
| 1991 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 4-7-0 | |
| 1990 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 1-10-0 | |
| 1989 Cincinnati Bearcats | Special Teams Coordinator | 1-9-1 | |
| 1988 Pittsburgh Panthers | Tight Ends Coach | 6-5-0 | |
| 1987 Pittsburgh Panthers | Tight Ends Coach | 8-4-0 | |
| 1986 Western Michigan Broncos | Running Backs Coach / Outside Linebackers Coach | 3-8-0 | |
| 1985 Western Michigan Broncos | Running Backs Coach / Outside Linebackers Coach | 4-6-1 | |
| 1984 Western Michigan Broncos | Running Backs Coach / Outside Linebackers Coach | 5-6-0 |
Coach history guide
| Seasons with a championship win | Seasons with a conference championship |
Coach facts
- Years as head coach: 16
- Years as a coordinator: 9
- Championships won: 2012
- Conference Championships won: 2004 and 2012
- Coach of the Year: 2019
- Led the league in wins: 2002, 2019, 2023
- First in total wins for the Baltimore Ravens.
- First in winning percentage for the Baltimore Ravens.
- Most playoff wins in Baltimore Ravens history (12)
- Past teams coached for: Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles
- College Attended: Miami of Ohio Redhawks
- Family Members: Jim Harbaugh, Brother and Jay Harbaugh, Nephew
- Date of Birth: Sunday, September 23, 1962 (61 years old), Toledo, Ohio
- Harbaugh's salary is reported at $9 million a year
- John Harbaugh is the only coach in NFL history to win a playoff game in his first four seasons.