The University of Indiana fired head coach Tom Crean on Thursday, and a familiar name has come out in support of the now former head coach. Crean is married to Jim and John Harbaugh’s sister, and they all have what has been described as a very close relationship.
On Friday, Sports Illustrated’s Mike Rosenberg got the inside scoop from Crean’s in-laws about IU’s decision to fire him. There is some controversy surrounding it given some of Crean’s recent success, and neither Harbaugh is pleased. Jim Harbaugh’s defense of Crean was more of an attack on the people running things at IU, and it led to his biggest shot against his former bosses at the San Francisco 49ers.