Now in his ninth year as J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach in 2023, Jim Harbaugh has led Michigan to back-to-back Big Ten Championships and College Football Playoff appearances (2021-22).
U-M won a school record 13 games in 2022, surpassing the 12-win seasons attained by the 1905, 1997 and 2021 teams. The Wolverines listed No. 3 in the final national polls for the second straight season which was only the third time in school history where the program finished in the top 5 in consecutive years.
Overall, Harbaugh has guided the Wolverines to a 74-25 record and is 53-17 in Big Ten games. He has led U-M to five 10-win seasons and seven bowl games, including consecutive College Football Playoff Semifinal appearances (2021-22), two New Year’s Six bowls and three additional New Year’s Day bowl games. His teams have finished the season ranked in the national polls on six occasions, including three finishes in the top 10.
Thirteen Wolverines have secured 18 All-America honors under Harbaugh, including nine consensus honorees: Devin Bush, Jake Butt, Maurice Hurst, Jourdan Lewis, Jabrill Peppers, Aidan Hutchinson, Jake Moody, Blake Corum and Olu Oluwatimi. Hutchinson (second place, 2021) and Peppers (fifth place, 2016) were also Heisman Trophy finalists while Corum finished seventh in the 2022 balloting.
Five players have won major awards during Harbaugh’s tenure: Butt (2016 Mackey Award, Senior CLASS Award), Peppers (2016 Lott IMPACT Trophy and Paul Hornung Award), Hutchinson (2021 Rotary Lombardi Award, Ted Hendricks Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy), Moody (2021 Lou Groza Award) and Oluwatimi (2022 Outland Trophy and Rimington Trophy). The offensive also became the first in college football history to win consecutive Joe Moore Awards (2021-22).
A total of 95 Wolverines have earned All-Big Ten honors, with 30 players earning first-team all-conference honors. A record 16 players collected All-Big Ten honors in 2016 and 15 Wolverines received the honor during the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 seasons. In the classroom, Michigan has totaled 344 Academic All-Big Ten honors, including a program-record 60 in 2021 and 2022.