Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, whereas noncommittal, believes a return to the Wolverines in 2023 is within the playing cards amid curiosity from a number of NFL franchises. Harbaugh beforehand spoke with Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper concerning the Panthers’ vacant head coach place, in keeping with ESPN, although the dialog was not characterised as a proper interview.

“Though nobody is aware of the long run, I feel I will likely be teaching Michigan subsequent yr,” Harbaugh advised the Queen Metropolis Information. 

NFL Community beforehand reported that the Panthers, in addition to the Denver Broncos, had been all in favour of chatting with Harbaugh for his or her openings after he led the Wolverines to Huge Ten titles in every of the previous two seasons. 

Harbaugh advised reporters after his courting by the Minnesota Vikings in February 2022 that it was the final time that he would pursue an NFL job and characterised the try as a “one-time factor” to the Detroit Free Press. Nevertheless, Harbaugh has shortly discovered himself proper again within the NFL teaching carousel after a second Huge Ten championship and journey to the School Soccer Playoff. 

Harbaugh has truly been on the middle of NFL teaching rumors for years after a extremely profitable tenure with the San Francisco 49ers from 2011-14. The 49ers reached the Tremendous Bowl in the course of the 2012 season as Harbaugh posted a 44-19-1 file general within the execs. Three of his 4 seasons completed with 11 or extra victories, and he received the NFL Coach of the Yr award in 2011. 

The Panthers seemed to the school ranks for his or her final rent, Matt Rhule, who was fired fewer than three years into his tenure. Harbaugh, nonetheless, has skilled success on the NFL degree, making this a far much less dangerous rent for Tepper. Interim coach Steve Wilks has additionally obtained consideration for the job after taking Carolina from 1-5 to 6-10. Rhule has since taken over as head coach at Nebraska. 

Harbaugh has reworked Michigan right into a nationwide energy over the previous two seasons. The Wolverines received consecutive outright convention championships for the primary time since 1992 and earned back-to-back journeys to the School Soccer Playoff. Michigan misplaced to TCU within the Fiesta Bowl semifinal over the weekend as 8-point favorites, marking the most important upset in School Soccer Playoff historical past.