John Harbaugh hired as the Baltimore Ravens head coach

The Baltimore Ravens hired John Harbaugh as their new head coach on Friday.

John Harbaugh hired as the Baltimore Ravens head coach On Friday it was official - the Baltimore Ravens hired John Harbaugh as their new head coach. Harbaugh, 45, will be a head coach for the first time in his football career, coming out of Philadelphia secondary coach position and working with the special teams in the past. He is scheduled to be introduced as the new head coach of the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday and will succeed Brian Billick, who was fired at the end of 2007, following the Ravens 5-11 season. John Harbaugh was signed on a 4-year contract and although the salary numbers were not made public, media speculations place the yearly pay of the new head coach around $2 million.

John Harbaugh is actually the second choice of Baltimore. Initially the Ravens offered the job to Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, but on Thursday Garrett turned down the Ravens, after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones raised his salary and promised Garrett a promotion to assistant head coach. New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer also interviewed for the Ravens job, but at the end, it was offered to John Harbaugh.

Published on 01/19/2008