{"id":7271,"date":"2014-04-25T16:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2014-04-28T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T12:02:26","slug":"welcome-coach-harbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/welcome-coach-harbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, Coach Harbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Friday, April 18th, Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh was inducted into Miami University’s Cradle of Coaches Hall of Fame. \u00a0The following day his statue was unveiled at the Cradle of Coaches Plaza. \u00a0On behalf of Miami University Libraries and the Walter Havighurst Special Collections I would like to welcome Coach Harbaugh to the Cradle of Coaches.<\/p>\n

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Harbaugh and former Miami players at the statue unveiling.<\/p><\/div>\n

Long before Harbaugh was the coach of the Baltimore Ravens, he was a student here at Miami University. \u00a0He attended Miami from the fall of 1980 until he graduated in the spring of 1984. \u00a0While here he played football as a defensive back for coaches Tom Reed and Tim Rose and was a teammate of former Miami Head Coach Don Treadwell. \u00a0After graduation he joined his dad, Jack Harbaugh at Western Michigan University, where his father was the head coach. \u00a0John coached the running backs and linebackers for three seasons before moving on to the University of Pittsburgh. \u00a0At Pitt he coached the tight ends under head coach Mike Gottfried. \u00a0Former Miami head coach Sid Gillman was also a member of this staff. \u00a0After one season in Pittsburgh Harbaugh joined Bill Baldridge’s staff at Morehead State University as the special teams and secondary coach.<\/p>\n

\"harbaugh_D97P9795\"In 1989 Harbaugh was hired by the University of Cincinnati to coach the special teams. \u00a0He spent eight seasons in Cincinnati under two head coaches, Tim Murphy and Rick Minter. \u00a0Here he worked with his future defensive coordinator and current New York Jets head coach, Rex Ryan. \u00a0After leaving Cincinnati, Harbaugh spent one season with the Indiana Hoosiers under Cam Cameron. \u00a01998 was the year the Coach Harbaugh made the leap to professional football as the special teams coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, a position he would hold for nine seasons. \u00a0His first season was under head coach Ray Rhodes, the rest were with Andy Reid. \u00a0His final season in Philly he coached the defensive backs.<\/p>\n

On January 19, 2008, John Harbaugh was named Head Coach of the Baltimore Ravens. \u00a0In his first season as a head coach he led the Ravens to an 11-5 record and a playoff appearance. \u00a0Harbaugh would lead the Ravens to the playoffs in each of his first five seasons and his record of 54-26 over those five seasons was the best in the NFL. \u00a0He is also the only coach to win a playoff game in each of his first five seasons. \u00a0His current record, in six seasons, is 62-34 in the regular season and 9-4 in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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John Harbaugh’s Legacy Tree<\/p><\/div>\n

While these are all impressive feats, Harbaugh’s most impressive feat is coaching the Ravens to a victory in Super Bowl XLVII. \u00a0This game was a battle of the Harbaughs as his brother Jim was the Head Coach of Baltimore’s opponent the San Francisco 49ers. \u00a0The Ravens was 34-31, earning John the right to a statue in the Cradle of Coaches Plaza outside of Yager Stadium. \u00a0In order to receive a statue you must have graduated from Miami University and either won a championships (NFL or FBS), bee named Coach of the Year (NFL of FBS) or been inducted into either the NFL or College Football Halls of Fame.<\/p>\n

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Harbaugh joins Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, Earl Blaik, Paul Dietzel, Carm Cozza and John Pont with his stature at the Cradle of Coaches Plaza. \u00a0The Cradle of Coaches Collection at the Miami University Libraries has collections of Brown, Ewbank. Parseghian, Schembechler, and Pont. \u00a0These collections consist of playbooks, letters, awards, audio\/video materials, pictures, newspaper clipping and other items. \u00a0To learn more about Coach Harbaugh and the Cradle of Coaches come by the Walter Havighurst Special Collections on the third floor of King Library.<\/p>\n

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Johnathan Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Friday, April 18th, Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh was inducted into Miami University’s Cradle of Coaches Hall of Fame. \u00a0The following day his statue was unveiled at the Cradle of Coaches Plaza. \u00a0On behalf of Miami University Libraries…<\/span><\/p>\n

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