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The Los Angeles Chargers have hired Jim Harbaugh as their next head coach, the team announced on Wednesday, marking his return to the NFL ranks after spending the last nine years with Michigan.
Harbaugh led the 15-0 Wolverines to a national title this past season, ending his alma mater's 26-year championship drought.
He will now take the helm of a Chargers club he used to play for that finished an abysmal 5-12 last season.
"Jim Harbaugh is football personified, and I can think of no one better to lead the Chargers forward," team owner Dean Spanos said in a statement.
"Jim has led hundreds of men to success everywhere he's been — as their coach. And today, Jim Harbaugh returns to the Chargers, this time as our coach. Who has it better than us?"
