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Harbaugh Returns To University Of Michigan As Next Football Coach

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After weeks of speculation it's finally official, Jim Harbaugh is the new University of Michigan football coach.

Harbaugh says coaching Michigan has been his dream since he was a young boy and his dad served as an assistant coach under Bo Schembechler. 

He says it's not a turn-around job because the school has a long tradition of greatness. That doesn't mean he's promising victories over rivals Michigan State and Ohio State like he did when he played quarterback. "They're outstanding programs, no I make no guarantees.  I made a guarantee a long time ago, and I've learned from that, I've grown," Harbaugh says.

Harbaugh took the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2012 and led the team to the NFC title game in 2011 and 2013.  

Michigan will pay Harbaugh $5 million a year plus incentives.

 
Watch Harbaugh's introductory press conference here.

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Like many, I first came to this area when I started school at the University of Michigan, then fell in love with the community and haven’t left. After graduating from U of M in the mid 1990’s I interned at WDET for several years, while also working a variety of jobs in Ann Arbor. Then in 1999 I joined the WEMU news team.
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