Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh: Super Bowl loss with 49ers 'motivates me every day'
It's been 11 years since Jim Harbaugh was one win away from Super Bowl glory, but the 60-year-old coach still can't shake that feeling of defeat.
Harbaugh's 49ers scratched and clawed their way back from a 22-point deficit in the second half of Super Bowl XLVII and had a chance at the go-ahead touchdown in the red zone with under two minutes to play. The Baltimore Ravens, led by his brother John Harbaugh, stopped San Francisco from reaching the end zone after four plays from the 7 yard-line to claim the franchise's second Lombardi Trophy.
"There's probably not a day that goes by that I don't think about that game and what we could've done down at the end, (seven) yards away from getting into the end zone," Jim Harbaugh said Friday in Las Vegas, via the Associated Press. "You leave that field and you go, there might be other days. Then you start thinking that might be the only day. Just wanted another shot at it, take another crack."
It's a major reason why Jim Harbaugh decided to return to the NFL last month after leading the Michigan Wolverines to the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship, a mission statement he declared when formally introduced as the Los Angeles Chargers' new head coach.
With his former team now set to play the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, the reminder of his shortcomings at the professional level loom large. However, the happenstance of San Francisco's return to the Super Bowl hasn't been necessary for Harbaugh's ambition.
"When I say it motivates me every day, it's every day," he said.
Harbaugh takes over a talented Chargers squad that has underachieved the past few seasons. Led by superstar quarterback Justin Herbert, the Bolts boast a playoff-ready roster in need of a
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