The Jim Harbaugh derby for NFL teams is about to heat up. The Los Angeles Chargers are set to be the first NFL team to meet with Harbaugh about their head-coaching vacancy, according to ESPN and multiple reports.
Atlanta, Carolina, Las Vegas, Seattle, Tennessee and Washington also have openings. Harbaugh, who previously coached in the NFL, has a prior relationship with the Chargers and the Spanos family that owns the team.
He played for the Bolts in 1999 and 2000 before retiring after the 2001 season. The Chargers are looking for a new coach and general manager after Brandon Staley and Tom Telesco were fired on Dec.
15, a day after a 63-21 loss in Las Vegas to the Raiders. When asked about possible interest in the NFL and then about the Chargers during an availability at Disneyland before the Rose Bowl on Dec.