Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh Attends Ravens’ Game vs. Texans amid Chargers, Falcons Rumors

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University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh is in attendance for Saturday’s AFC Divisional Round playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans.

The Ravens posted a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing Jim Harbaugh embracing his brother, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, in the tunnel before the game:

John was on the sidelines for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game earlier this month and celebrated with Jim when his Wolverines defeated the Washington Huskies.

Jim Harbaugh is exploring a possible return to the NFL, as he interviewed for the Los Angeles Chargers’ and Atlanta Falcons’ head coaching vacancies this week, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

For the past nine seasons, Jim has been the head coach at his alma mater, and he finally got them back to the top of the college football world this past season, going a perfect 15-0 and giving Michigan its first national title since 1997.

Before making the move to Michigan, Jim Harbaugh enjoyed tremendous success during a relatively short stint as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.

In four years with the Niners, Harbaugh went 44-19-1 and took San Francisco to the playoffs three times. The 49ers reached the NFC Championship Game in each of their three playoff appearances under Harbaugh, and they went to the Super Bowl once as well.

Jim’s 49ers famously faced John’s Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII, marking the first time in NFL history that two brothers served as head coaches against each other in a Super Bowl.

While the Niners staged a furious comeback, the Ravens held on to win the game 34-31, giving John his first and only Super Bowl win to date.

It can be argued that this year represents John’s best opportunity to win a Super Bowl since then, as he led the Ravens to the No. 1 seed in the AFC with a 13-4 record.

Baltimore had a first-round playoff bye, and it will host a red-hot Texans team Saturday led by spectacular rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud.

In his playoff debut last weekend, Stroud was nearly perfect, as he threw for 274 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in Houston’s 45-14 road win over the Cleveland Browns.

Stroud is set to go up against the likely NFL MVP in Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who was named a first-team All-Pro this season.

As great as Jackson has been during his career, playoff success has eluded him, as he is just 1-3 in the postseason.

With John Harbaugh coaching him up and Jim Harbaugh cheering him on, Jackson will look slay some of his playoff demons and take the Ravens to their first AFC Championship Game since 2012.