John Harbaugh family launches the Harbaugh Coaching Academy

No family has risen to a higher profile in the current era of college and NFL football like the Harbaugh family has. Now, John and Jim Harbaugh are expanding their reach.

John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens announced the launch of the Harbaugh Coaching Academy Tuesday. The project is spearheaded by John but also joined by Jim, the Los Angeles Chargers head coach who won last year's college football national championship with Michigan, as well as their father, longtime college football coach Jack Harbaugh, and their brother-in-law, former Marquette and Indiana college basketball coach Tom Crean. 

The academy is a non-profit online resource center that  offers a plethora of coaching tools and tips for instructors of all levels," including "youth, high school and college coaches" as well as "schoolteachers, gym instructors, mentors and parents." 

"The Harbaugh Coaching Academy has truly been in development since we were kids," John Harbaugh said in a statement. "HCA was born of thousands of coaching lessons learned over the years. It's a culmination of decades of coaching experience, working with coaches and leaders committed to empowering other coaches who aim to have a greater impact on youth performance and well-being — regardless of the sport."

The HCA will feature numerous pieces of free video content on its website, HarbaughCoachingAcademy.org, from notable NFL and college football coaches and some current NFL players, most with ties to the Harbaughs. The videos include a number of interviews with some of football's biggest names in coaching, including Andy Reid, Sean McVay, Tony Dungy and Dick Vermeil. It also showcases behind-the-scenes videos from inside the Ravens locker room that have never been publicly shown