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Football Jim Harbaugh To Stanford Was The Pac-12's 3rd-Best Hire Since 2000

Clayton Sayfie

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According to The Athletic. Pete Carroll (USC) and Chip Kelly (Oregon) are one and two, respectively.

Here's the Harbaugh snippet:

Year: 2006
Record: 29-21 (21-15 Pac-10) in three seasons
Best season: 12-1 record, second-place Pac-10, No. 4 final ranking in 2010
Program record previous three seasons: 10-24 (7-18)
AD who made the hire: Bob Bowlsby

Coming off its worst season in four decades, Stanford was in a dark place. After a two-week search, Bowlsby found the right guy to revive the program. Harbaugh had gone 29-6 over three seasons at San Diego, winning two mid-major national titles. At Stanford, he instantly brought a different confidence and energy. After getting routed in three of its first four games, the Cardinal upset No. 2 USC in the Coliseum as 41-point underdogs. They steadily improved, winning four, five and eight games before taking a major step in Harbaugh’s fourth season. In 2010, Stanford went 11-1, beating Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, the program’s first bowl win in 14 years. It completed one of the more remarkable reversals in conference history. It also wrapped up the Harbaugh Era. Four days later, he was hired as coach of the San Francisco 49ers.
 
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