As fans anxiously awaited an announcement, the news finally broke on Wednesday night that Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh would be leaving Ann Arbor to become the new head coach of the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers.
Harbaugh’s decision comes at the end of a nine-year run at his alma mater, where he won 86 games, three Big Ten titles and one national championship. There were plenty of highs in those nine years, most of them coming within the last three seasons where the Wolverines went 40-3 overall.
As the dust settles from the news of Harbaugh’s departure, we will be taking a look back and counting down the five biggest moments from his tenure at Michigan.