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.
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