The Minnesota Vikings will bring Jim Harbaugh for an interview on Wednesday.
Harbaugh and the Vikings spoke on Saturday to gauge his interest in the job.
Harbaugh left the San Francisco 49ers for Michigan after the 2014 season. Harbaugh is coming off his most successful season at Michigan.
The Minnesota Vikings have received permission to speak to Jim Harbaugh about their head coaching position.
Harbaugh has emerged as a candidate in part because of a strong relationship with new Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, with whom Harbaugh overlapped while he was the coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Adofo-Mensah worked in San Francisco's front office in research and development and worked with Harbaugh in 2013 and 2014.
Harbaugh took a pay cut after the 2-4 season, as his base salary decreased from $8 million annually to $4 million. Michigan has yet to formalize any type of new agreement with Harbaugh after the rebound in 2021.
Harbaugh reached the NFC Championship Game in three of his four seasons as head coach of the 49ers.
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Ja'Marr Chase once received significant motivation from former LSU coach Les Miles.
Ahead of the AFC Championship Game against the favored Kansas City Chiefs, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver was asked how he approaches someone telling him he can't do something.
"I could tell you, honestly, one of my best stories ever: Les Miles told me I couldn't play receiver when I was coming out of high school," Chase said. "That was something I had on my shoulders growing up. Les Miles told me he thought I could play cornerback, I wasn't really in full position at receiver yet. So I just kept working on my craft, offseason waking up early in the mornings to work out. I just kept focused."
LSU fired Miles in 2016. Ed Orgeron took over and had zero issues at that point with Chase as a receiver when he enrolled in 2018.
The Baltimore Ravens are expected to hire Mike Macdonald as defensive coordinator.
Macdonald previously worked for the Ravens before becoming defensive coordinator at Michigan. Macdonald's hire at Michigan proved to be one of the most impactful in all of college football last season.
The Ravens fired Don "Wink" Martindale on Friday after the sides were unable to agree on a contract extension through 2023. In 2018, Macdonald interviewed for the Ravens defensive coordinator position that eventually went to Martindale.
According to a report, multiple sources within the Michigan football program believe that Jim Harbaugh would take the Las Vegas Raiders' job if offered it.
A separate report, also via The Athletic, says the Raiders aren't as interested in Harbaugh as he is in them.
Harbaugh wants to return to the NFL and this offseason will provide him with a number of opportunities. Nearly a quarter of the league is looking for a new head coach.
Alabama wide receiver Jameson Williams suffered a torn ACL in Monday night's National Championship Game.
Williams was widely regarded as a potential top-10 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Georgia defeated defending-champion Alabama, 33-18, to win the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday night.
It's the first national championship for the Bulldogs since 1980.
Georgia's Stetson Bennett completed 17 of 26 passes for 224 yards and two scores without an interception.
Bryce Young, the sophomore Heisman Trophy winner, completed 35 of 57 passes for 369 yards and a touchdown for Alabama.
Aidan Hutchinson, the projected No. 1 selection in the 2022 NFL draft, announced Wednesday that he will be leaving Michigan to turn pro.
Hutchinson was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2021.
"My Michigan legacy is complete, and it was truly the best time of my life," Hutchinson said in a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday. "Onward and upward to the 2022 NFL draft. Thank you for everything, Wolverine nation and beyond."
In 2021, Hutchinson recorded 62 total tackles, including 16.5 tackles for loss, and 14 sacks, which was a Michigan record for a single season.
Hutchinson passed Oregon Ducks DE Kayvon Thibodeaux for the No. 1 overall position in the latest draft rankings by ESPN analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay.
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