Hiring Harbaugh

January 20, 2008

Family business

Coaching runs in John Harbaugh's family:

• Father Jack Harbaugh coached football for 41 years and won an NCAA Division I-AA national championship as the head coach at Western Kentucky in 2002.

• Brother Jim is head coach at Stanford.

• Cousin Mark Gottfried is Alabama men's basketball coach.

• Mark Gottfried's uncle, Mike, is a former football coach at the University of Pittsburgh.

• Sister Joani is married to Marquette basketball coach Tom Crean.

Head men

Ravens' head coaching history:

Ted Marchibroda

• Hired: Feb. 15, 1996.

• Age at hiring: 65.

• Seasons (3): 1996-1998.

• Record: 16-31-1.

• Years in playoffs: None.

Brian Billick

• Hired: Jan. 19, 1999.

• Age at hiring: 45.

• Seasons (9): 1999-2007.

• Record: 80-64.

• Years in playoffs: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006.

• Playoff record: 5-3 (won Super Bowl in 2000 season).

John Harbaugh

• Date hired: Jan. 18, 2008.

• Age at hiring: 45.

Going and coming

NFL teams that will have new coaches next season:

Ravens

• Old coach: Brian Billick, fired (Dec. 31)

• New coach: John Harbaugh (Friday)

Dolphins

• Old coach: Cam Cameron, fired (Jan. 3)

• New coach: Tony Sparano (Wednesday)

Redskins

• Old coach: Joe Gibbs, resigned (Jan. 8)

• New coach: undetermined

Falcons

• Old coach: Bobby Petrino, resigned (Dec. 12)

• New coach: undetermined

2008 opponents

After finishing with a 5-11 record in the 2007 season, the Ravens will face these opponents in 2008:

Home

• Cincinnati Bengals

• Cleveland Browns

• Pittsburgh Steelers

• Jacksonville Jaguars

• Tennessee Titans

• Oakland Raiders

• Philadelphia Eagles

• Washington Redskins

Away

• Bengals

• Browns

• Steelers

• Houston Texans

• Indianapolis Colts

• Miami Dolphins

• Dallas Cowboys

• New York Giants

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