Top 25
27-24
- Games
- 51
- Win rate
- 52.9%
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Coach Profile
Jim Harbaugh
2007-2023 • Michigan, Stanford
2 schools coached, anchored by Michigan.
Jim Harbaugh's coaching record is 118-46, highlighted by seasons at Michigan from 2007 to 2023.
Jim Harbaugh coached 13 seasons, won 72.0%, and posted an average SRS of 15.2. Best season: 2010 Stanford. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 118-46
- Career win rate
- 72.0%
- Average SRS
- 15.2
- Peak SRS
- 30.2
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 13
- Career span
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 14.2
Primary school anchor
Michigan
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 96.9.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 118-46
- Michigan record
- 89-25
- Full-season record
- 118-46
- Vs AP Top 10
- 11-17
- Vs AP Top 5
- 6-7
- Vs Ohio State
- 3-5
- Postseason / bowl record
- 4-7
- CFP record
- 2-2
- National titles
- 1
164 countable games, 72.0% win rate.
9 countable seasons at Michigan.
13 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
28 games using AP ranking at game time.
13 games using AP ranking at game time.
The Game games in this dataset.
11 scored postseason games in this dataset.
4 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Jan 9, 2024. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Jim Harbaugh
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Harbaugh: 2015 Michigan
2007Actual season year • SRS range -2.5 to 30.22023
Active comparison point
Jim Harbaugh • 2010
2010 Stanford
Best seasonBiggest improvement12-1 • SRS 30.2 • SP Overall 28.1
Win %
92.3%
YoY SRS
+19.2
SP Off / Def
44.4 / 17.3
Finish
#4
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
11-17
- Games
- 28
- Win rate
- 39.3%
Top 5
6-7
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 46.2%
View ranked game results51
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Michigan
2015-2023 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 17.4 • Win % 78.1%
Stanford
2007-2010 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 10.2 • Win % 58.0%
- Longest tenure
- Michigan • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- Michigan • 17.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Michigan • 78.1%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Jim Harbaugh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Harbaugh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Harbaugh
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 18.3
- Percentile
- 96th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Michigan
2015-2023 • 89-25
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.4Win % 78.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.9 during vs 7.6 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.4 during vs 7.3 baseline
+10.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
22.6 during vs 13.5 baseline
+9.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
66.7% during vs 40.0% baseline
+26.7%
Stanford
2007-2010 • 29-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.2Win % 58.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 3.2 baseline
+4.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.2 during vs -1.3 baseline
+11.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.6 during vs -2.3 baseline
+10.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Stanford 2010
12-1 • SRS 30.2
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 2010
12-1 • 19.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Stanford 2010
12-1 • SP Off 44.4
Best Defensive Season
Michigan 2023
15-0 • SP Def 7.2
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Stanford 2007
4-8 • SRS -2.5
Biggest Drop
Michigan 2020
2-4 • -18.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Michigan | 2023 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #2 | #1 | 25.9 | 31.3 | 36.6 | 7.2 | +4.8 | +7.1% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2022 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #8 | #3 | 21.1 | 32.0 | 38.0 | 7.6 | +2.8 | +7.1% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2021 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #3 | 18.3 | 23.4 | 36.5 | 15.8 | +18.9 | +52.4% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2020 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.3% | #16 | — | -0.6 | 10.7 | 33.0 | 22.2 | -18.7 | -35.9% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2019 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #7 | #18 | 18.1 | 20.7 | 35.7 | 16.0 | -0.9 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2018 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #14 | — | 19.0 | 22.0 | 35.5 | 14.3 | +6.1 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2017 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #11 | — | 12.9 | 19.6 | 31.1 | 11.8 | -11.2 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2016 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #7 | #10 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 34.8 | 11.1 | +6.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2015 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #12 | 17.5 | 19.7 | 35.2 | 16.2 | -12.7 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| Stanford | 2010 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #4 | 30.2 | 28.1 | 44.4 | 17.3 | +19.2 | +30.8% | Season summary |
| Stanford | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.0 | 10.7 | 39.2 | 30.6 | +9.1 | +19.9% | Season summary |
| Stanford | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 1.9 | 2.2 | 30.2 | 29.5 | +4.4 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Stanford | 2007 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -2.5 | -6.7 | 21.0 | 27.4 | — | — | Season summary |
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