USD Football 2006

Jim Harbaugh Head Coach, 3rd-year

Jim Harbaugh directed the USDfootballteamto aprogram-best 11-1 record in 2005 and was rewarded by being named the PFL North Coach of the Year and a candidate for the Eddie Robinson I-AA Coach of the Year. The Toreros won their first-ever Pioneer Football League Championship; won the Sports Network Cup for being the No. 1 ranked I-AA Mid-Major program at the end of the season; and became the first PFL team to defeat an Ivy League opponent with the team's 17-14 win over Yale. Four of his players earned All-America recognition,two were Academic All-Americans and sixteen were recognized as AII-PFL. He enters his third year as the University of San Diego head football coach with a career mark of 18-5; winners of 16 of 17, and with a 13-game home winning streak at Torero Stadium. In his rookie year in 2004 he directed the Toreros to an overall mark of 7-4, including 5 straight wins to end the season. USD finished 3-1 in the Pio– neer Football League North Division, good for a 2nd place finish . Five of his players were recognized as All-America; twelve were recognized as AII-PFL; eight players were selected to the PFL All-Academic Team; and quarterback Todd Mortensen, the PFL co-Offensive Player of the Year, signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions. Harbaugh,aformer NFL quarterback who played 15 seasons in the league, played locallywith the Chargers between 1999-2000.The42-year-old Harbaugh, who resides in nearby Coronado, played in 177 league games with 140 starts since originally entering the NFL as a first round pick by the Chicago Bears in 1987. For his career, he completed 2,305 of 3,918 passes for 26,288 yards with 129 touchdowns. Harbaugh played seven seasons for the Bears and passed for a career– high 3,121 yards for Chicago in 1991. He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1994-97 and in 1995, achieved career highs in completion percentage (63.7) and touchdown passes (17). While with the Colts he led the team to the AFC Championship game; was voted to the Pro Bowl;was named the 1995 Come– back Player of the Year and the AFC Player of the Year; and was runner-up in the NFL MVP voting. Harbaugh played for Baltimore in 1998, and following his two-year stint with the Chargers closed out his NFL career with Carolina in 2001 . In January, 2005, Jim was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor. Harbaugh, one of the most successful and popular players in the club's 21-year Indianapolis era, played from 1994-97 with the Colts. He was inducted at halftime of the Colts-Denver Wild Card playoff game. Jim started for the majority of his Colts career, completing 746 of 1,230 passes for 8,705 yards and 49 touchdowns. He won the NFL passer rating title in 1995 at 100.7. Harbaugh joins the late Robert lrsay, Bill Brooks, Ted Marchibroda and Chris Hinton in the Colts Ring of Honor. Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards and touchdown passes. Playing for Bo Schembechler, he was a three-year starter and led the Wolverines to appear– ances in the Fiesta, Holiday, and Rose Bowl games. As a senior in 1986 he guided Michigan to a No. 2 national ranking while earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors and finishing third in the Heisman balloting. Over his final eight seasons in the NFL (1994-2001), Jim was an NCAA– certified unpaid assistant coach under his father, Jack, at Western Kentucky University. Serving as an offensive consultant, he scouted and recruited high school student-athletes throughout several states including Florida,Indiana and Illinois. He was involved in recruiting 17 players on WKU's 2002 I-AA National Championship team. His dad was a football coach for 41 years, including 14-years as Head Coach at Western Kentucky. His brother, John, is currently Special Teams Coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles;and his brother-in-law, Tom Crean, is Head Basketball Coach of Marquette University. Harbaugh has been very active in Community Service ventures. He has been actively involved with the Harbaugh Hill Foundation, the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (Indiana University), Western Kentucky University, the Jim Harbaugh Foundation,the Uhlich's Children'sHome and the Children's Miracle Network. Jim, who resides in Coronado, is the father of three children - Jay, James, Jr. and Grace.

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