John Harbaugh: Bio

Posted Jan 18, 2008

By BaltimoreRavens.com



The Ravens ended their 18-day coaching search with the hiring of John Harbaugh Friday. Here is a look at the career of the new head coach in Baltimore: After a nine-year successful stint as the Eagles special teams coordinator, Harbaugh took over a new role as the club's secondary coach in 2007.


The Ravens ended their 18-day coaching search with the hiring of John Harbaugh Friday. Here is a look at the career of the new head coach in Baltimore:

After a nine-year successful stint as the Eagles special teams coordinator, Harbaugh took over a new role as the club's secondary coach in 2007. Said Eagles head coach Andy Reid of Harbaugh's move, "John wants to be a head coach some day and maybe a defensive coordinator. This gives him a different responsibility. It gives him a professional opportunity to step out of that special teams mode and it strengthens our staff."

The new role gave the 45-year-old Harbaugh the opportunity to work with defensive coordinator Jim Johnson.

John Harbaugh was hired as the third head coach in Ravens team history on Friday, January 18th.

"This is a chance to grow as a football coach and a chance to contribute in a different way," said Harbaugh. "The biggest part of it, really, is to be with Jim Johnson and to learn his system more thoroughly. I want to learn the ins and outs and the details - how he attacks an offense. I can't wait to do that."

From 2000-04, Harbaugh's units were the only club to rank in the top ten in the articulate special teams ranking system by Dallas Morning News columnist Rick Gosselin. They finished first in those rankings following the 2001 and 2003 seasons and from 2000-05, his units cumulatively ranked first in the entire league.

Harbaugh was chosen as the league's special teams coach of the year in 2001 by a vote of his peers. Two of his assistants, Dave Toub (Chicago) and Ted Daisher (Oakland and Cleveland), have gone on to earn special teams coordinator jobs in the NFL in recent years.

Under Harbaugh's guidance, David Akers progressed from a street free agent pick-up in 1999 to a three-time Pro Bowl selection and one of the league's most reliable kickers. Punter Dirk Johnson, also a street free agent signing, recorded the two best net punting averages (38.4 in 2005, 37.4 in 2004) in team history.

In addition, Harbaugh's units have produced 15 NFC special teams player of the week honorees: Akers (7), Brian Mitchell (3), Sean Landeta (2), Brian Westbrook (1), Jevon Kearse (1), and Allen Rossum (1). Akers earned NFC Special Teams player of the month honors in November, 2000.

In 2005, Reno Mahe led the NFL with a 12.8 punt return average, while long snapper Mike Bartrum became the third Eagles special teamer to earn a Pro Bowl berth (Akers and Ike Reese were the others) under Harbaugh's tutelage.

Originally hired by Ray Rhodes on February 18, 1998, Harbaugh was one of just four assistant coaches to be retained by Andy Reid in 1999.

Harbaugh began his coaching career in 1984 at Western Michigan. Three years later, he joined the University of Pittsburgh staff, serving under Mike Gottfried (now a college football analyst for ESPN).

After a one-year stint at Morehead State, Harbaugh worked eight seasons (1989-96) as an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati. Harbaugh then joined Cam Cameron's Indiana staff for the 1997 campaign as defensive backs and special teams coach.

The versatile Harbaugh coached on both sides of the ball throughout his collegiate coaching career and became the assistant head coach at Cincinnati.

The product of a football family, Harbaugh has been in and around the game his entire life. His father, Jack, is a 41-year coaching veteran and won the 2002 Division I-AA National Championship as head coach of Western Kentucky. In 2003, Jack was hired as Associate AD at Marquette where he oversees community affairs and public relations. John's younger brother, Jim, a former NFL quarterback, is the head coach at Stanford, and his brother-in-law, Tom Crean, is Marquette's head basketball coach.

Harbaugh (born 9/23/62) attended Ann Arbor (MI) Pioneer High School before earning a degree in political science from Miami (OH) where he also played defensive back. He went on to earn his master's degree from Western Michigan.

John and his wife, Ingrid, reside in suburban Philadelphia, with their daughter, Alison (6).

世界ジュニア、澤田竜成と梶谷翼が優勝！

2012年07月13日14時19分






6歳以下の部に出場した左から澤田竜成、清水拳斗、石川成実、西山知里の4選手（撮影：福田文平）








【もっと写真を見る（9）】




　現地時間の10日(火)から開催されている「キャロウェイ世界ジュニアゴルフ選手権」の3日目。15～17歳の男女以外は最終ラウンドが行われ、日本勢では6歳以下男子の部の澤田竜成と世界ジュニア7～8歳女子の部の梶谷翼の2選手が優勝。世界一の栄冠に輝いた。

　澤田は「優勝できて嬉しかった。今日は回っていて楽しかったです」と喜びのコメント。梶谷は「今日はお父さんに頼らず、自分でパターのラインとかを読むようにって言われたので、それをやった。自信がなかったから、すごく迷った。「自己責任」ってつぶやきながら回りました」と自らの力で勝利をつかみ取った。

　優勝が期待された11～12歳男子の部は杉原大河は3位で競技を終えた。「いっぱい惜しいショットがあったのが残念。弱点はドライバーなので、もっと飛んで精度を高くしたい」と唇を噛んだ。

　その他の日本勢は6歳以下の部男子で清水拳斗が3位、同女子で石川成実で2位。7～8歳の部女子で大久保柚季が2位、飯島早織が5位、9～10歳の部女子で八木涼風が5位、11～12歳の部女子では大田紗羅が2位タイと好成績を残した。上記の選手たちには来年大会のシード権が与えられた。

　なお、15～17歳の男女は明日が最終ラウンド。男子で唯一出場していたデ・バルバ・ガブリエレは予選落ちを喫した。女子は4選手全員が予選を突破。上位進出に期待がかかる。