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Jim Harbaugh missing from college football's best head coaches ranking

On Friday, ESPN ranked college football's top 101 head coaches of the past 50 years.

Plenty coaches with ties to the state of Michigan were present, with Nick Saban ranked No. 1, but one key name was missing: Michigan football's Jim Harbaugh.

The man hired to bring glory back to Ann Arbor was nowhere to be found on the list — just like searching his resume for a victory against Ohio State. Harbaugh's exclusion may not be surprising if you only considered his subpar years at Michigan. But he did have success previously, turning around dreadful Stanford (29-21, including 12-1 in final season with an Orange Bowl win and a Woody Hayes Coach of the Year Award) and San Diego (29-6 record, two Pioneer League titles).