Will Jim Harbaugh return to the NFL? Inside the career of the Michigan Wolverines football coach

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Jim Harbaugh built his career in the National Football League for almost 15 years as a quarterback for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, and San Diego Chargers before retiring as a player in 2001. However, his stardom grew during his career as a coach in college football and later in the NFL, which saw him lead the San Francisco 49ers to the Superbowl. After leaving the NFL in 2014, Harbaugh returned to college football for his current position as the head football coach at the University of Michigan. 

His time in the NFL as a couch won Harbaugh much acclaim after he brought San Francisco to the playoffs for three seasons after the team failed to make it to the NFC Championship game for eight consecutive seasons. One of the more famous games of Harbaugh's career as an NFL coach occurred in 2012 when the 49ers played against the Baltimore Raven, coached by Harbaugh's brother John in Super Bowl XLVII. 

More recently, the beloved couch has become more politically outspoken off the field. During a right-to-life conference after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Harbaugh said he believed "in having the courage to let the unborn be born."  The coach elaborated on his comments, saying he encourages his family and friends to go through with unplanned pregnancies because he and his wife would raise the child if they could not.

"I've told [them] the same thing I tell my kids, boys, the girls, same thing I tell our players, our staff members. I encourage them if they have a pregnancy that wasn't planned, to go through with it, go through with it" Harbaugh