Jim Harbaugh laments kids not mowing the lawn anymore: ‘Now it’s a truck and a crew at every house’

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Jim Harbaugh has become a fixture in football, both at the professional and collegiate level, but if it weren’t for that, the Michigan football coach says he would’ve pursued a career mowing lawns. 

In an interview with Sports Illustrated published Monday, Harbaugh talked about the joy he still gets from cutting his own lawn at 59 years old and how, if it weren't for playing and coaching football, it’s likely a career he would’ve pursued. 

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh celebrates after the Big 10 Championship game against the Purdue Boilermakers on Dec. 3, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"A lawnsman!" Harbaugh responded when asked. "That’s what I do. Mowing the lawn is one of the great feelings I have in life."

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"It accomplishes three things," he continued. "I’m clearing my mind or thinking of new plays; I feel good about what I accomplish; and I either make money or I save money."

After playing football at the University of Michigan, Harbaugh was drafted by the Chicago Bears with the No. 26 overall pick in 1987. He played the majority of his 14-year NFL career in Chicago before playing with the Colts, Ravens, Chargers and Panthers, briefly. 

But Harbaugh is more known for his abilities as a head coach. Before returning to his alma mater in 2014, he served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers from 2011-2014, where he reached the conference championship in his first three seasons with the team, resulting in a Super Bowl appearance in 2012.  

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