Seattle Seahawks hiring Jay Harbaugh as special teams coordinator

Despite reports that Jay Harbaugh would be following in his father’s footsteps from Michigan to Los Angeles to coach the Chargers, according to Albert Breer, the Wolverines’ special teams coordinator will actually be taking on the same role with the Seattle Seahawks instead. Harbaugh will work under former Baltimore Ravens coordinator Mike Macdonald who took the Seahawks job last week.

Harbaugh spent all nine seasons of his father’s tenure in Ann Arbor on the Wolverines’ staff. He spent most of that time working on special teams as the assistant or the coordinator for the unit. However, he also got to work with the tight ends, running backs, and, most recently, safeties.

During his time with the group, Harbaugh coached some of the better special teams in college football. Whether overall or individual honors, Michigan saw several recognitions and records for their kickers and punters, in their return game, and for their coverage off punts and kicks.

Harbaugh started his career as a graduate assistant working with special teams at Oregon State from 2008 to 2011. After that, he got his first opportunity at the professional level as an intern in the scouting department during his father’s first stop with the San Francisco 49ers. He then spent three years with his uncle, John Harbaugh, as a quality control coach on offense for the Baltimore Ravens.

Greg Roman to join Harbaugh’s Chargers staff

Jim Harbaugh is continuing to fill out his Chargers staff this week. Reports broke over the weekend that he is reuniting with former Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman, but Roman will not be calling the offense. He is reportedly joining the staff as a senior offensive assistant.

Roman and Harbaugh have had a long relationship. Roman was the associate head coach at Stanford for two of Harbaugh’s seasons there. He then followed Harbaugh to the NFL, where he became the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive coordinator.

Roman, however, did not follow Harbaugh to Michigan when he decided to go to Ann Arbor. Instead, he became the Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator before later joining the staff with the Baltimore Ravens. That, of course, meant he was working for Jim’s brother John Harbaugh. From 2018 through the 2022 season, he was the offensive coordinator there.

In total, Greg Roman will bring more than 25 years of NFL experience with him to the Los Angeles Chargers. There, his job is going to be to work with Justin Herbert, one of the league’s most talented young quarterbacks.