In Kyle Shanahan’s first breath after being introduced as 49ers head coach on Feb. 9, he mentioned Jim Harbaugh, along with Bill Walsh, George Seifert and Steve Mariucci.
The head coach of Michigan was listening, and he appreciated the gesture.
“It was very flattering that he said nice things about us at his news conference, and I appreciated that,” Harbaugh said on "The TK Show," a podcast from Tim Kawakami of the Bay Area News Group.
“Now, I don’t think I was there long enough to be compared with Bill Walsh or Coach Seifert, etc.