Jim Harbaugh's move from Michigan football to Chargers draws massive social media reactions
One of the biggest questions of the college football offseason was answered Wednesday, with Jim Harbaugh making the move back to the NFL to join the Los Angeles Chargers.
Harbaugh, who is coming off leading his alma mater Michigan to its first national title since 1997 and its first outright championship since 1948, becomes the latest domino to fall in what has already been a wild college football offseason. Three playoff teams have now had head coaching vacancies, with Alabama's Nick Saban retiring and Washington's Kalen DeBoer taking his stead.
Rumors of Harbaugh going back to the pros have been swirling since the moment Michigan's season ended, and it had become an annual tradition of sorts since 2022, when Harbaugh was courted by the Vikings. The presumptive replacement for Harbaugh is Sherrone Moore, who coached in Harbaugh's place during Michigan's last three games of the regular season when Harbaugh was suspended.
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Here's a look at how the college football world reacted to Harbaugh's departure.
Social media reactions to Jim Harbaugh leaving Michigan
Harbaugh, ever a polarizing figure, had plenty of reaction to leaving for the West Coast.
this one’s for y’all pic.twitter.com/icXPSYpoPN
— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) January 25, 2024
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/huf2A2YayH
— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) January 25, 2024
WHO’S GOT IT BETTER THAN US??
— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) January 25, 2024
Getting that ESPN notification that Jim Harbaugh is finally a Chargers HC got me like:pic.twitter.com/IfVVjxWwHy
— ًBoltUpYo (@BoltUpYo) January 24, 2024
Jim Harbaugh looks good in blue ⚡
(via @AdamSchefter) pic.twitter.com/asmCKhvIDC— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) January 24, 2024
Jim Harbaugh's tenure in Ann Arbor was an unmitigated success. He left the NFL to return to his alma mater, flipped the script in the Ohio State rivalry, delivered three straight Big Ten Championships and in his final year on campus, won a National Championship.
Thank you, Jim.— Scott Bell (@sbell021) January 25, 2024
Jim Harbaugh is one of only two Big Ten coaches to beat Ohio State since Ryan Day was hired in 2019. He’ll almost certainly be replaced by the only other B1G coach to beat the Buckeyes during that window: Sherrone Moore.
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) January 25, 2024
Here’s what Jim Harbaugh with the Chargers might look like: pic.twitter.com/d5rtBW03rp
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 25, 2024
Jim Harbaugh played for and will now coach TWO of his former teams 🔥 pic.twitter.com/e0tG7o7ucP
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 25, 2024
NCAA looking for Jim Harbaugh to suspend him for next season pic.twitter.com/WAzcXMZkl4
— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) January 25, 2024
The Chargers are scheduled to play the Baltimore Ravens next season at SoFi Stadium, which now officially will be a matchup between John and Jim Harbaugh. pic.twitter.com/xlgATlRz5I
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 24, 2024
Guess Jim Harbaugh will never win the Big One.
— Duke's Mayo Bowl (@DukesMayoBowl) January 25, 2024
Jim Harbaugh took one look at the juggernaut being built in Champaign and ran for the safety of the NFL.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) January 25, 2024
BREAKING: Jim Harbaugh has been spotted at an In-N-Out in Inglewood buying burgers by the bag because “the hell can the NCAA do about it this time?”
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 25, 2024
Active coaches who have won a national title:
Mack Brown
Kirby Smart
Dabo Swinney
Coaches w/national titles that coached in 2023 no longer coaching in college:
Jimbo Fisher
Jim Harbaugh
Nick Saban— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) January 25, 2024
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