Jim Harbaugh reveals he will get a tattoo after leading Michigan to 15-0, national championship

Following a national championship win, Jim Harbaugh revealed he would get a tattoo to celebrate. So here’s the backstory.

Harbaugh said earlier in the year if Michigan went 15-0, he’d get a tattoo. At least that’s what he told his team.

Well, it looks like the Wolverines’ coach is going to follow through on that promise.

“I said that I would get a tattoo,” Harbaugh said. “I have no ink on my body. No tattoos anywhere, but I did say that to our players. I said if we go 15-0, I’m getting a tattoo, it’s 15-0. I’m going to put it on my shoulder — I don’t know if it’s my left or right yet. I’m a right-handed quarterback, I’ll probably get it on my right. And then an M, too, an M that’s maize and blue M. Also that signifies a thousand in Roman numerals. 

“Can’t tell you what that means to us, too, that we reached a thousand wins this year. And where are we at now, a 1,003, four? I lost count. 1,004. 1,004! Four. One of my favorite numbers (laughter). Definitely going to include that.”

How big on the shoulders? Is 15-0 and the ‘M’ logo two separate tattoos? We need clarification!

Either way, Harbaugh getting this far means he finally reached the mountaintop.  

“And it’s such a great thing,” Harbaugh said. “I mean, I think of the brothers that have played here together, the father/sons that have played at Michigan. We’ve got a beautiful wall. Brad Galli has shot that wall a few times. A lot of people talk about family. I mean, that wall to me is — that legacy wall says so much. All the coaches that coached here, if they coached for five years, we’ve got them an M ring this year. 

“And I really appreciate our administration and the M Club, which supports us, so great to get a ring for every coach that’s ever coached at Michigan for five years, and any staff member that coached at Michigan for 10 years, they’re getting an M ring.”

It wasn’t just Harbaugh, his staff and players. It was everyone in and around the program that helped the Wolverines win this national title.

“There’s so many people, so many coaches, so many staff, administrators — Warde, who played as an administrator here; players, coaches, staff, they put so much into those thousand wins,” Harbaugh said. “Thousand wins. That’s the most. That’s the most of any football anywhere. No high school has gotten to a thousand wins. No other college has gotten to a thousand wins. No other pro team has gotten to a thousand wins: University of Michigan. 

To reach a thousand wins and win the national championship in the same year, man, doesn’t get much better than that. I would really ask you that. Who could possibly have it better than us? Nobody.”