Ann Arbor — Jay Harbaugh never played running back. He has never coached the position, either.
Until now.
After spending his first two seasons at Michigan coaching tight ends, he is drawing on that experience, along with his work as an graduate assistant at Oregon State and a quality control coach with the Baltimore Ravens, to develop his own spin on coaching running backs.
He has been undaunted by the challenge and, in fact, immediately embraced the idea when his father, head coach Jim Harbaugh, called him late one night this year to tell him of his assignment change.