Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of speculation that Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh could look to leave Michigan following this season and take an NFL coaching position. But it sounds like there is one NFL team that will definitely not be hiring Harbaugh this offseason.
During a recent appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, NFL insider Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report said that he would not be surprised if Jim Harbaugh ultimately left Michigan for an NFL job, but he does not expect that it will be with the Chicago Bears due to a bad relationship with Chicago Bears team president Kevin Warren.
“The reason I’ll say that [Harbaugh to] the Bears won’t happen definitively is because when Harbaugh was at Michigan, Kevin Warren was the Big Ten commissioner. They don’t like each other,” Schultz told Cowherd. “In fact, you could say they despise one another based on the comments in the media. So Kevin Warren – who is the president of the Bears – is not going to bring in Jim Harbaugh.”
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Jim Harbaugh left Michigan for the NFL – the interest will be significant – but I’d be shocked if it were the #Bears, if that job came open.
🎥: @TheHerd @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/mQ3azxYXAP
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) December 18, 2023
But that doesn’t mean that Schultz is ruling out the possibility of Harbaugh going to the NFL entirely. In fact, he thinks there’s a good chance that Harbaugh does decide to accept an NFL job after everything he’s already accomplished at Michigan and the fact that he could be facing suspension from the NCAA as a result of an alleged sign-stealing scheme as well as potential recruiting violations. But it just won’t be with the Bears.
“It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Jim Harbaugh was back in the NFL because there’s going to be interest,” Schultz said. “It will not be with the Chicago Bears.”
This is obviously some pretty significant news, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it.
People are gonna panic when Harbaugh interviews with the Raiders first: they’re the stalking horse bidder. https://t.co/fJy0jX74Za
— Dean Thanos (@HailDeanThanos) December 18, 2023
Think of the hilarity of the Steelers also having a Harbaugh at HC. https://t.co/beLRRX6BJf
— CLO (@clo__32) December 18, 2023
Ugh, a kick to the nuts to start the week. https://t.co/o0rDrnNCrt
— Tommy Dobbs (@Tommy_Dobbs) December 18, 2023
If he’d be interested in the Jets job, throw whatever he wants at him. I’m not convinced he’ll leave Michigan this year, but if it’s an option, Jets would be fools to mot at least inquire https://t.co/lOv3M75dVC
— Tyler Moore (@TylerMoore614) December 18, 2023
Please say it ain't so 🤞🙏 https://t.co/2eeu1uhCZH
— J (@brewsandtattoo) December 19, 2023
Huge news:https://t.co/sKjCisVLQf
— NYJD-16 (@nyjetsdan16) December 18, 2023
We’ll have to see what Harbaugh ultimately decides to do next season.
