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Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is AP College Football Coach of the Year

Anne Erickson December 10th, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - DECEMBER 04: Head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines walks on the field after winning the Big Ten Football Championship game against the the Iowa Hawkeyes at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 04, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is starting to score a bunch of end-of-the-season awards and honors, and I’m guessing that trend will continue- especially if Michigan beats Georgia in the upcoming game.

Harbaugh has been named the Associated Press college football coach of the year, following the Wolverines’ first Big Ten title in 17 years and a spot in the College Football Playoff.

Harbaugh is making history, too, as he’s the first Michigan coach to win the AP Coach of the Year Award, presented by Regions Bank. He’s also the first Big Ten coach to get teh honor since Penn State’s Joe Paterno in 2005.

It wasn’t close, either. Harbaugh got 22 of 53 first-place votes and 103 points from a panel of AP Top 25 voters to beat out Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell. Michigan State’s Mel Tucker was fourth.

Anne Erickson's love for music drew her into radio, and she started shortly after graduating from MSU. She has a passion for rock and metal, plus local music. She also fronts the band Upon Wings. Email Anne at erickson@WRIF.com, follow her on Instagram at @EricksonAnne and tweet at her @AnneErickson!