USD Football 2004

Assistant Head Coach Jack Harbaugh

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JACK HARBAUGH Assistant Head Coach & Running Backs Coach Jack Harbaugh, father to first year head coach Jim Harbaugh, has joined the Torero staff where he will be Ass istant Head Coach and Running Backs Coach. Harbaugh, a veteran of 41 years in the coaching ranks - 36 of those at the college level - returns to the sidelines for the first time since leading the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers to the NCAA I-AA Nati onal Championship in 2002. Following that magical season Harbaugh stepped away from coaching and for the past two seasons has held the positi on of Associate Director of Athletics at Marquette Uni versity. In 2002 he led the Hi ll toppers to a 12-3 record and a 34- 14 victory over McNeese State in the titl e contest on December 20th . WKU won their fin al six regul ar-season games to reach the pl ayoffs. Seeded 15th among the 16 teams, the Hi ll toppers won three in a row to set up a rematch against the top-seeded McNeese State Cowboys. WKU had been beaten by the Cowboys 38- 13 during the regul ar season. The win over McNeese State was the program's 10th straight, a new schoo l record . For hi s efforts, Harbaugh

was selected the American Coaches Association 2002 Nati onal Coach of the Year. Harbaugh joined the Hilltoppers as head coach in February 1989 after two seasons as assistant head coach at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh. In 14 seasons on the Hill , he compi led a 9 1-68 mark, including seven consecuti ve winning seasons and four NCAA I-AA pl ayoff berths in six years. He was selected the AFCA Region 3, and Ohio Valley Confe rence Coach of the Year, and fini shed thi rd in the voting fo r the Eddie Robinson Award , given to the top coach in I-AA, after leading WKU to an 11-2 mark and the league title in 2000. He was also named the 1997 Di vision I-AA Independents and AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year. Under hi s guidance, WKU was the only I-AA school in the nati on to rank in the top 10 in rushing offense every year since 199 1, a run that stood at 12 straight through the 2002 campaign. Additi onall y, thirty-three WKU student-ath letes earned All -Ameri ca recognition, including three who were named first- or second-team Academic All -America. Harbaugh's WKU teams ranked among the most producti ve offensive squads in Western's hi story, posting some of the most impressive performances ever on the Hi ll , in both single-game and season-long numbers. His 2000 cl ub (11-2) fi nished with a fi nal nati onal ranking of 5th; his '98 Toppers, powered by one of I-AA fooball's most potent offenses - third in the nati on in rushing (344.6 ypg) and ninth in scoring (36.0 points per game)- fini shed the year 7-4 and 19th in the nati on; and hi s '97 squad went 10-2, fi ni shed ranked 7th in the nation, and led the nati on in rushing with a school-record 332.0 yards per game. Harbaugh's other head coaching positi on was with Western Mi chi gan from

1982 through 1986. He was a collecti ve 25-27-3 at Western Michi gan with hi s best showing coming in 1982 when hi s squad fini shed 7-2-2, good for a second pl ace fi ni sh in the Mid-Ameri can Confe rence. His overall record as a head coach for 19 years is 116- 95-3. He held assistant coaching pos iti ons with Pittsburgh, Mi chi gan, Iowa, Stanford, Bowling Green State and Morehead State. Harbaugh served as defensive backfie ld coach fo r the legendary Bo Schembechler at Michigan for seven years (1973-79). Those Wolverine teams won fi ve Big TenChampionships ( 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979). Michjgan played in the 1976 Orange Bowland made three trips to the Rose Bowl('77, '78 and '79). His sevenWolverine teams were66-1 3-3 (.823) overall. A nati ve of Crestline, Ohio, he is a graduate of Crestline Hi gh (1957) where he was a fou r-year letterman and an all -state quarterback as a senior. CHS won conference champi onships in both hi s junior and senior seasons. And , he lettered twice in basketball and four times in baseball , where he was an all-state shortstop. He went on to play college football at Bowling Green State, lettering three times as a defensive back and quarterback. BGSU went 24-3-2 in his three varsity seasons and the Falcons were small college national champs (9-0-0) hi s junior year. He also lettered twice in baseball. In J 96 1, he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League. Harbaugh holds a B.S. degree ( 196 1) in physical educati on and aM.E. in health

and phys ical educati on ( 1964) from Bowling Green State. He and hi s wife, Jackie, also a BGSU alumnus, have three grown children - John , an ass istant football coach with the Phi ladelph ia Eagles; Jim, current USD head coach; and Joani , married to Tom Crean, current head men's basketball coach at Marquette Uni versity. Harbaugh has six grandchi ldren, Megan and Riley Crean; Jay, Jim, Jr. and Grace Harbaugh; and, Alison 1,;;:;;;;;;;;______ !;::;;;___:;__ ;;!::;:::,a Harbaugh. Jack & Jim Harbaugh Team Up