Giants hope Jim Harbaugh will be next winning coach to have successful second act
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A great coach who is “done in one place” versus a great coach who is “just done” is an important distinction to make.
NFL history reveals more examples of the former than the latter, and the Giants are betting a $100 million contract that John Harbaugh (fired by the Ravens) is another example of benefiting from a change of scenery. Some team will place similar faith in Mike Tomlin in 2027.
Here are notable post-1970 NFL merger examples among the 25 winningest coaches of all-time who won big somewhere, changed jobs and then either kept winning or didn’t.