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As Both Master Entertainer and Coach, Jim Harbaugh Is Focused on Title in Year 2

CHICAGO — Somewhere along the way, wedged between cameos in music videos, a tireless siege to turn the globe into his own personal satellite camp, his cryptic vault of tweets and his natural ability to turn any subject into content, Jim Harbaugh became two distinctive beings.

There is Jim Harbaugh the Entertainer—the goofy program CEO who sells tickets and writes headlines with ease. The one who recently tucked in his Allen Iverson jersey during one of his camps, much like your father would.

It’s the man who, at his second Big Ten Media Day appearance in Chicago on Monday, complemented his grey suit with a blue Michigan hat because he “hadn’t had a haircut in five weeks.