Harbaugh/Newsome: A Special Relationship
Five feet, 10 inches.
That’s the distance between the doorways of Ozzie Newsome’s and John Harbaugh’s offices.
They’re not just neighbors and co-workers in one of the NFL’s most successful franchises, they are friends who share similar philosophies on how to win football games.
“Whoever designed these offices deserves some credit. It’s smartly done,” Harbaugh said. (It was former Ravens Vice President of Medical Services Bill Tessendorf, who retired from the team in 2011. “Tess” adjusted the architects’ plans to make our facility “football functional.”)
“We have to bump into each other five or six times a day just walking in or out of our offices,” Newsome added.