John Harbaugh

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 180-113-0 record. He was the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens from 2008 until the 2025 season, during which time the Ravens went 180-113-0. During his career he was a head coach for eighteen seasons. In 2012 , the Ravens won the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. He was fired from the Ravens on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. Harbaugh will be the head coach of the New York Giants for the 2026 season. 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, seven assistant coaches, (Hue Jackson , Chuck Pagano , Rex Ryan , Mike Pettine , Vic Fangio , Mike Macdonald , and David Culley ) on his coaching staff were hired as head coaches across the league. His coaching tree has combined for a record of 173-225-1 in the regular season and 10-5 in the playoffs during their twenty-six seasons as head coach after serving on his coaching staffs. The coaching tree has won a single championship, in 2025 by the Seattle Seahawks , led by Mike Macdonald. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 fav