Jack Harbaugh
Jack Harbaugh went 116–95–3 as a head coach, 1982–2002, at Western Michigan and Western Kentucky. Share
14 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1989–2002 at Western Kentucky. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 116–95–3 career
- Seasons
- 19
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1982 7–2–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Western Michigan | 7–2–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1983 | Western Michigan | 6–5 | 6th | |||
| 1984 | Western Michigan | 5–6 | T–8th | |||
| 1985 | Western Michigan | 4–6–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1986 | Western Michigan | 3–8 | 8th | |||
| 1987–88: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 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 | 19 | |||
| 1994 | Western Kentucky * | 5–6 | ||||
| 1995 | Western Kentucky * | 2–8 | ||||
| 1996 | Western Kentucky * | 7–4 | ||||
| 1997 | Western Kentucky * | 10–2 | NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal L | 5 | ||
| 1998 | Western Kentucky * | 7–4 | 19 | |||
| 1999 | Western Kentucky * | 6–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 2000 | Western Kentucky * | 11–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal L | 5 | |
| 2001 | Western Kentucky * | 8–4 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | 12 | |
| 2002 | Western Kentucky * | 12–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division I-AA Championship W | 1 | |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 15 | 4–9–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 44 | 19–22–3 | 47% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 27 | 10–14–3 | 43% |
| At home | 27 | 17–10 | 63% |
| On the road | 28 | 8–17–3 | 34% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 31 | 19–11–1 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 6–16–2 | 29% |
His own 55 games on file, 1982–1986, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Simrell 1982–1986 | 2–3 | Toledo | 5 | |
| Herb Deromedi 1982–1986 | 0–4–1 | Central Michigan | 5 | |
| Tim Rose 1983–1986 | 3–0–1 | Miami (OH) | 4 | |
| Jim Harkema 1983–1986 | 2–2 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | |
| Dennis Stolz 1982–1985 | 0–4 | Bowling Green | 4 | |
| Brian Burke 1982–1984 | 3–0 | Ohio | 3 | |
| Dick Scesniak 1983–1985 | 3–0 | Kent State | 3 | |
| Dwight Wallace 1982–1984 | 0–3 | Ball State | 3 |
Jack Harbaugh’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Miami (OH)series | 5 | 4–0–1 |
| Ohioseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Eastern Michiganseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Toledoseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Ball Stateseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Central Michiganseries | 5 | 0–4–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Michigan’s 2023 staff (assistant head coach) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–63 | Perrysburg HS (OH) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1964–65 | Eaton HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1966 | Xenia HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1967 | Morehead State | Assistant coach | |
| 1968–70 | Bowling Green | Assistant coach | |
| 1971–73 | Iowa | Assistant coach | |
| 1973–79 | Michigan | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1980–81 | Stanford | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1982–86 | Western Michigan | Head coach | |
| 1987–88 | Pittsburgh | Assistant coach | |
| 1989–2002 | Western Kentucky | Head coach | |
| 2004–06 | San Diego | Running backs coach | |
| 2009 | Stanford | Running backs coach | |
| 2023 | Michigan | Assistant head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Don NehlenBowling Green
- Frank LauterburIowa
- Bo SchembechlerMichigan
- Paul WigginStanford
- Mike GottfriedPittsburgh
- Jim HarbaughSan Diego, Stanford, Michigan
- Sherrone MooreMichigan
- Jesse MinterMichigan
- Jay HarbaughMichigan
- Mike HartMichigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- Mike HankwitzArizona, Colorado
- Steve SzaboEdinboro
- Tony SamuelNew Mexico State, Southeast Missouri State
- Brady HokeBall State, San Diego State, Michigan, Tennessee
- Lou WestIndiana State
- Mike SantiagoStephen F. Austin, Incarnate Word
- Jim HarbaughStanford, Michigan, San Diego, San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Chargers
- David ElsonWestern Kentucky
- T. J. WeistUConn, South Florida
Worked under (10)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Nehlen | Bowling Green | 1968–70 | Assistant coach | |
| Frank Lauterbur | Iowa | 1971–73 | Assistant coach | |
| Bo Schembechler | Michigan | 1973–79 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Paul Wiggin | Stanford | 1980–81 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Gottfried | Pittsburgh | 1987–88 | Assistant coach | |
| Jim Harbaugh | San Diego | 2004–06 | Running backs coach | |
| Jim Harbaugh | Stanford | 2009 | Running backs coach | |
| Sherrone Moore | Michigan | 2023 | Assistant head coach | |
| Jim Harbaugh | Michigan | 2023 | Assistant head coach | |
| Jesse Minter | Michigan | 2023 | Assistant head coach | |
| Jay Harbaugh | Michigan | 2023 | Assistant head coach | |
| Mike Hart | Michigan | 2023 | Assistant head coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hankwitz | Western Michigan, 1982–84: defensive coordinator and defensive backs and punters coach | Arizona, Colorado | |
| Steve Szabo | Western Michigan, 1982–84: assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | Edinboro | |
| Tony Samuel | Western Michigan, 1982–83: defensive line coach | New Mexico State, Southeast Missouri State | |
| Brady Hoke | Western Michigan, 1984–86: special teams and defensive line coach | Ball State, San Diego State, Michigan, Tennessee | |
| Lou West | Western Michigan, 1984–85: outside linebackers and defensive backs coach | Indiana State | |
| Mike Santiago | Western Michigan, 1985–86: wide receivers coach | Stephen F. Austin, Incarnate Word | |
| Jim Harbaugh | Western Kentucky, 1994–2001: offensive consultant | Stanford, Michigan, San Diego, San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Chargers | |
| David Elson | Western Kentucky, 1996–2000: defensive backs coach; 2001–02: defensive coordinator | Western Kentucky | |
| T. J. Weist | Western Kentucky, 2002: offensive coordinator and assistant head coach | UConn, South Florida |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Ferrigno | Western Michigan, 1982–83: running backs coach; 1984: offensive line coach; 1985: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; 1986: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Greg Mattison | Western Michigan, 1982–84: defensive line coach; 1985–86: defensive coordinator | |
| Darryl Drake | Western Kentucky, 1989–90: defensive backs coach; 1991: quarterbacks coach | |
| Dave Huxtable | Western Kentucky, 1989: defensive coordinator | |
| Doug Mallory | Western Kentucky, 1990–91: special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 1992–93: defensive coordinator | |
| Don Martindale | Western Kentucky, 2000–02: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.